Miracles Happen.

Okay so I haven't blogged in almost a month, but I just haven't known what to write about! Sometimes I feel like my random blabbing about what I've been up to will lose the interest in my few readers (Lindsee & Derek) haha.  Well summer is almost over and I'm pretty upset about it, time has just been flying by.  I want to tell time to slow down, I'm still trying to enjoy the little moments!  Anyway, Derek and I haven't been up to too much, just hanging out- trying to do the usual summer things.  We recently went to Hogle Zoo and the Live Aquarium in Sandy.  We had so much fun to go to.  But, I am actually writing this post in a different light.  I heard a story today and I hoped to share it with some people because I thought it was amazing.  So here goes...

Place: Bear Lake
People: 7 adults (late 20's to early 20's)
Relation: One of my co-workers kids

A family that consisted of a Son, Daughter, their Spouses, a Cousin, his girlfriend and her daughter had rented a boat from a shop in Bear Lake late afternoon on Saturday August 7th.  They went out on the lake at 3:00 and were supposed to have the boat returned back to the shop by 5:00.  As they were driving around on the lake the boat stalled and they couldn't get it to start again.  They waited patiently while they tried to flag other boats down to come help them.  At 5:00 they had not had any luck with flagging anyone down and no luck with the boat starting again.  No one had their cell phones so Jess (the son) and the Son in Law decided they'd put life jackets on and try to swim to shore to get some help.  After being in the water for a while the wind started to pick up and the water was getting unbearably cold.  Jess decided he was going to try to go back to the boat, the son in law decided he'd still try to make it to the shore for help.  As they parted ways Jess could not find the boat, they were too far away from it at this time and he could not see it anymore.

A man was sitting on the balcony of his cabin looking out on the lake.  He noticed one boat sitting in the same spot.  Realizing that they had been there for a while he called 911 and told search and rescue that there was a boat in the middle of the lake that they needed to go help.  After watching Search and Rescue search for a while he called 911 again, "Hey you guys aren't even close to this boat."  911 transferred him to Idaho Search and Rescue and the man gave directions to help them find this boat faster.  Upon finding the boat they found Jess in the water blowing his emergency whistle on his life jacket.  Jess was okay but later taken to Logan Regional Hospital for check ups and released that same night.

The Son in Law was later found closer to shore but still in the water.  He was 15 minutes away from passing away due to hypothermia.  He was life flighted to McKay Dee Hospital and released late last night.  Well I think this is a pretty amazing story, but also has a crazy little twist to it.  The person that spotted the boat out on the lake and call 911 happens to be our boss.  Curt had no idea whose lives he had just saved.  My Co-Worker called him last night and thanked him for saving her kids, if it hadn't been for him one of her son's may have died.  Crazy stuff.  Stories like this remind me that there is a higher power and someone looking out for all of us.  What an amazing story if you ask me.

I actually found the story on Channel 2 News, its pretty crazy what they went through, watch the story click here.

 

Here are some pictures of Chloe (of course) Enjoy!