Sunday, June 19th - The accident and trips to SLC

At about 3:15pm on Sunday, 19th of June, Tori, her sister Whitney and cousins Ashton and Russell slid off a road in a 2 door Ford Explorer and landed upside down in very muddy and cold water that was about 6 or 7 feet deep. The accident occured just outside of Delta, Utah. Russell was able to get out of the drivers side and Ashton and Whitney miraculously were able to exit to the same front door from the back seat. Tori was the only one with her seat belt on. Russell tried several times to locate and remove her but was unsuccessful so he flagged down help.

Within 10-15 minutes help arrived and Tori was removed from the vehicle. I have now learned that she was located in the back seat without her seatbelt on. Whitney was sitting behind her a she remembers someone pushing her towards the front door and we absolutely believe it was Tori.

Tori's heart was stopped and she was not breathing after she was removed but she was brought back to us by the EMTs after 10 more minutes during the ambulance ride to the hospital and we are so thankful for this. She was shocked several times during this trip. When I saw her the first time at the Delta Hospital I was in total shock. Her temperature was 32 degrees and it was just an ugly, unforgettable scene... She was bagged the whole time and a CAT scan was given to her which showed no damage to her physical structure. She was then stabilized before being Life Flighted from Delta to the Primary Childrens Hospital in SLC. During the flight she was recessitated again.

Upon landing in SLC Tori's lungs were collapsed and it was thought this would highly likely cause her death. Many of my family members were waiting for her to land and when she did about 20 doctors rushed her into the building and began their magic.

Maria, Brendan, Whitney and I were in transit to SLC as soon as the helicopter left Delta. Ryan, our nephew, was our driver. When he passed through Nephi I recieved a phone call ftom the hospital and they indicated that Tori was not doing well and urged us to arrive as quickly as possible. We sped up quite a bit and prayed and cried for her to wait for us. In Orem we recieved another call and they stated Tori was still with us but barely hanging on. Our last call was recieved in SLC just as we were arriving to the hospital. We raced to her room as soon as we arrived and our miracle child was still with us. Thank you God.