Snowstorm Baby Rescue

One cold winter day in Denver, Colorado. While people were absorbed by the activities of life, a backdrop of snow and sleet fell to the ground. As the people of Denver went about their daily routines, one woman was focused solely on her child. Today was the day she was taking her newborn baby home from the hospital after a longer than usual stay. She buckled the newborn safely in the car seat, got in herself, locked the door, put on her seatbelt, and drove toward home. Icy rain and snow accumulated on the roads. She turned on to Interstate 25. The wind picked up, blowing the snow across the road, making it very difficult to see her way forward. She tightened her grip on the steering wheel and glanced at the back seat, at the newborn treasure in her back seat.

The windshield wipers moved fast and in unison, squinting intense. She noticed something unusual in the far distance. A car had skidded out of control and was turned sideways right there in the road. She was headed straight for it. She reacted quickly and slammed her foot on the brake. Her mind was on her fragile child as her car slid, careening right for the car in front of her. They slid down the interstate and stopped only inches from the other car. No impact whatsoever. Inches from a collision that could have been life-threatening. Before a sigh of relief, though, could be released from her lungs, she noticed a semi-truck barreling down the highway and skidding right towards the two cars stuck in the traffic lane. She heard the brakes of the truck squeal as it jackknifed and slid toward her car with her fragile cargo. The front of the truck stopped less than a foot from the hood of her car and the back of the truck surrounded the other end. Again, no impact at least for her vehicle carrying the frail child. But what occurred behind the truck was a 60-car pileup. Cars crashed into the truck, they crashed into one another. It was one of the worst accidents the city had seen. But there, at the front of the heap, was a car carrying a newborn baby recuperating from open heart surgery.