God pulls teen from wrecked car; sends driver to find him.

this charming man · 10th September 2007, 04:23 AM

Article here

What about all the unanswered payers? <-----Rhetorical

Oh wait didn't Garth Brooks say god's greatest gifts are unanswered payers...???

I am happy that this kid lived though. Amazing thing that natural survival instinct.

Skeptical Greg · 10th September 2007, 07:41 AM

I'm trying to understand how an overturned vehicle by the side of the road, goes uninvestigated for a week ...

This one just happened to have a live person inside, who managed to get out and wave someone down ..

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...090901780.html

chulbert · 10th September 2007, 07:51 AM

Based on the photo and where the photographer must be standing, there's almost no chance the car can be seen from the road.

Beady · 10th September 2007, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by Diogenes

I'm trying to understand how an overturned vehicle by the side of the road, goes uninvestigated for a week ...

This one just happened to have a live person inside, who managed to get out and wave someone down ..

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...090901780.html

How many people stood at that bridge rail during that week, the way the photographer did after he knew the car was there? How visible is the car from the traveled way? How visible is the car from the overpass?

Bob Klase · 10th September 2007, 07:56 AM

Glad the kid's okay, but what the hell was keeping god so busy that he couldn't have pulled him out a week earlier?

this charming man · 10th September 2007, 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by Bob Klase

Glad the kid's okay, but what the hell was keeping god so busy that he couldn't have pulled him out a week earlier?

The annual Deity Conference in Orlando.

dementedcactus · 10th September 2007, 11:14 AM

So he can keep a kid alive for a week and pull that kid out of a car, but he can't get me a girlfriend? What a self-serving prick.

Garrette · 10th September 2007, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by Beady

How many people stood at that bridge rail during that week, the way the photographer did after he knew the car was there? How visible is the car from the traveled way? How visible is the car from the overpass?

Probably zero. It's not a pedestrian way.

Garrette · 10th September 2007, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by dementedcactus

So he can keep a kid alive for a week and pull that kid out of a car, but he can't get me a girlfriend? What a self-serving prick.

No, no. He got you one, but she was delivered to the wrong address.

I like her.

sophia8 · 10th September 2007, 12:32 PM

Well, if he was stuck inside the car ("hanging upside down" according to the article) for the whole week he was missing, how did he get enough liquids to stay alive, let alone mobile and semi-coherent?
My guess is that he got out a lot earlier and managed to get far enough to find something to drink (rainwater maybe); but concussion, shock and other injuries kept him from getting up to the road.

Garrette · 10th September 2007, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by sophia8

Well, if he was stuck inside the car ("hanging upside down" according to the article) for the whole week he was missing, how did he get enough liquids to stay alive, let alone mobile and semi-coherent?
My guess is that he got out a lot earlier and managed to get far enough to find something to drink (rainwater maybe); but concussion, shock and other injuries kept him from getting up to the road.

Brief news bit this morning on television said he took off his shoe and held the laces to dip it in the creek. He not only got water this way but little fishes to eat.

And, no, I'm not making it up.

Temporal Renegade · 10th September 2007, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by Bob Klase

Glad the kid's okay, but what the hell was keeping god so busy that he couldn't have pulled him out a week earlier?

Damned lazy kids! Why, when I was his age, we'd pull ourselves outta wrecks every other day on the way to school!

For fifty miles!

Through 8-foot snowdrifts!

dementedcactus · 10th September 2007, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by Temporal Renegade

Damned lazy kids! Why, when I was his age, we'd pull ourselves outta wrecks every other day on the way to school!

For fifty miles!

Through 8-foot snowdrifts!

Fighting Bears!

With stakes we had to whittle ourselves!

From other dead bears!

With SUV!

Bob Klase · 10th September 2007, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by sophia8

Well, if he was stuck inside the car ("hanging upside down" according to the article)

It doesn't say that he was hanging upside down. It says the car was upside down and he was trapped in it.

four elevener · 10th September 2007, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by dementedcactus

So he can keep a kid alive for a week and pull that kid out of a car, but he can't get me a girlfriend? What a self-serving prick.

Have you tried The Secret?

BatCountryBooks · 11th September 2007, 01:39 AM

I live in Laurel, and my dad drives over this bridge every morning when going to work.. The car was not visible from the road.

Temporal Renegade · 12th September 2007, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by dementedcactus

Fighting Bears!

With stakes we had to whittle ourselves!

From other dead bears!

With SUV!

And, we smiled and sang songs while we did it!

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Beady Philosopher Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: 44:57:19N, 73:16:18W Posts: 5,490	Originally Posted by Diogenes I'm trying to understand how an overturned vehicle by the side of the road, goes uninvestigated for a week ... This one just happened to have a live person inside, who managed to get out and wave someone down .. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...090901780.html How many people stood at that bridge rail during that week, the way the photographer did after he knew the car was there? How visible is the car from the traveled way? How visible is the car from the overpass?
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this charming man A jumped up pantry boy Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: On a hillside desolate Posts: 1,117	Originally Posted by Bob Klase Glad the kid's okay, but what the hell was keeping god so busy that he couldn't have pulled him out a week earlier? The annual Deity Conference in Orlando.
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Garrette Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,548	Originally Posted by dementedcactus So he can keep a kid alive for a week and pull that kid out of a car, but he can't get me a girlfriend? What a self-serving prick. No, no. He got you one, but she was delivered to the wrong address. I like her.
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sophia8 Master Poster Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In the dark, dark forest.... Posts: 2,254	Well, if he was stuck inside the car ("hanging upside down" according to the article) for the whole week he was missing, how did he get enough liquids to stay alive, let alone mobile and semi-coherent? My guess is that he got out a lot earlier and managed to get far enough to find something to drink (rainwater maybe); but concussion, shock and other injuries kept him from getting up to the road.
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10th September 2007, 01:33 PM	#11
Garrette Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,548	Originally Posted by sophia8 Well, if he was stuck inside the car ("hanging upside down" according to the article) for the whole week he was missing, how did he get enough liquids to stay alive, let alone mobile and semi-coherent? My guess is that he got out a lot earlier and managed to get far enough to find something to drink (rainwater maybe); but concussion, shock and other injuries kept him from getting up to the road. Brief news bit this morning on television said he took off his shoe and held the laces to dip it in the creek. He not only got water this way but little fishes to eat. And, no, I'm not making it up.
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Bob Klase Master Poster Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Largo, FL Posts: 2,833	Originally Posted by sophia8 Well, if he was stuck inside the car ("hanging upside down" according to the article) It doesn't say that he was hanging upside down. It says the car was upside down and he was trapped in it.

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12th September 2007, 01:48 PM	#17
Temporal Renegade Last of the Time Lords Join Date: May 2003 Location: University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople Posts: 1,893	Originally Posted by dementedcactus Fighting Bears! With stakes we had to whittle ourselves! From other dead bears! With SUV! And, we smiled and sang songs while we did it!
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