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A Local Hero
A quick drive to Riggins with their new puppy in tow, turned into a nightmare for Justin and Staci, changing their lives as they know it. After coming around the corner, Justin swerved to avoid the oncoming driver that was in their lane causing the head on collision. Staci was removed from the...
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My girl walks and talks and even drives her car , today. Many many things happened that day. A few degrees angle here or a few seconds there and they both could have been lost. The truck was burning before they got out. Fully loaded with 36 gallons of diesel fuel, the tanks had ruptured. The floor melted away. They needed a backboard to move her away from the fire, it just happened that the trailer ,you see on the left, disintegrated, leaving a nice flat piece of plywood. In the middle of the COVID restrictions the surgeon saw her injuries and placed her number 1 , in line for the whole state, before 12 hours had passed from the accident she was 100 miles away in surgery. They warned she would not walk, you guessed it,,,, about 3 weeks in she walked out of the re-hab.
I can with tears give all the glory to God, but not without remembering the fine and continued action and care from husband Justin, at the scene and to today, and the great love and help poured out by their little community of Weiser Idaho. And chains of prayers all over the world.