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Re: Almost lost my daughter, myself, and completely lost my truck.
« Reply #15 on: December 23, 2018, 10:11:13 PM »
So glad you and your daughter are ok

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Re: Almost lost my daughter, myself, and completely lost my truck.
« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2018, 10:11:40 PM »
Good to read that only the Tundra was lost and not you or your daughter. It can be replaced but you two can’t.

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Re: Almost lost my daughter, myself, and completely lost my truck.
« Reply #17 on: December 23, 2018, 10:17:08 PM »
Sickening scary, Corey. Way to grab the baby, all I can say, I know you’d have been in the water til you got her, glad that never became an issue. Truck is a truck. Merry Christmas, Brother! You win!
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Re: Almost lost my daughter, myself, and completely lost my truck.
« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2018, 10:53:23 PM »
Wow- it's a Merry Christmas at your house. Glad everyone came out OK

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Re: Almost lost my daughter, myself, and completely lost my truck.
« Reply #19 on: December 23, 2018, 10:55:27 PM »
Glad that it worked out! 

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Re: Almost lost my daughter, myself, and completely lost my truck.
« Reply #20 on: December 23, 2018, 11:00:45 PM »
We've had some rough luck at that boat launch man.  Glad to hear that you guys were safe.  Praying for a good replacement truck for you!   :tup:
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Re: Almost lost my daughter, myself, and completely lost my truck.
« Reply #21 on: December 23, 2018, 11:52:11 PM »
Thank the Lord you are all well.

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Re: Almost lost my daughter, myself, and completely lost my truck.
« Reply #22 on: December 24, 2018, 12:11:12 AM »
Glad everyone is ok. Trucks can be replaced.


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Re: Almost lost my daughter, myself, and completely lost my truck.
« Reply #23 on: December 24, 2018, 06:45:29 AM »
Very Scary.  Thank God you guys are ok!

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Re: Almost lost my daughter, myself, and completely lost my truck.
« Reply #24 on: December 24, 2018, 06:56:31 AM »
Very scary! Thank God those fellas were there to help out and you had your wits about you to get your kiddo out! Merry Christmas sir and good luck on the new truck hunt.

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Re: Almost lost my daughter, myself, and completely lost my truck.
« Reply #25 on: December 24, 2018, 07:11:39 AM »
Glad everyone was OK!  Cold water has dangers above and beyond getting trapped in the vehicle.

I was diving near the Hood Canal several years ago and we were headed to the launch (The one on the NW side of the Hood Canal Bridge).  As we approached the ramp we went right over a truck in the water.

We trailered the boat and put on our gear to check it out.  It was a Jeep Cherokee Laredo and was sitting in about 20 feet of water with a jack-knifed trailer behind it.  it was sitting about 10 feet from a super steep drop off that would have put it into about 150 feet of water.

The rear was open the keys in the ignition, and it was in neutral.  The trailer had military plates on it (perhaps it was checked out by a service member?).

We put it in park and set the brake to keep it from rolling off the edge. 

I'll never forget seeing kids toys in the seat of the truck.  Made me sad that someone had lost their truck.

Some vampire was waiting on the shore saying that if it was in the water for XX more hours he was going to claim it for salvage.  What a jerk...  some poor guy looses his truck and this waste of space is trying to swipe what was left...  Left a bad taste in my mouth.

Made for an interesting ending dive for the day though!  We were glad we did not get a prop-strike when we ran over it on the way in.
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Re: Almost lost my daughter, myself, and completely lost my truck.
« Reply #26 on: December 24, 2018, 07:20:46 AM »
Wow, close call, glad you thought fast and help was there when you needed it!
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Re: Almost lost my daughter, myself, and completely lost my truck.
« Reply #27 on: December 24, 2018, 07:56:19 AM »
Glad everyone is safe, and we aren't reading a much worse outcome.  Christmas should feel extra special this year.
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Re: Almost lost my daughter, myself, and completely lost my truck.
« Reply #28 on: December 24, 2018, 08:54:51 AM »
Thanks everybody. It's been a rough couple of days. I just cant stop thinking about how bad it could have been. It is kinda haunting me. I was in a very serious car accident in 2004 in which I was injured and I do not remember it bothering me like this one has. I do not know what I would have done if I lost my daughter. I decided to share this story with hopes that it helps remind others to use caution. I will never again forget my E-Brake and I will NEVER have my dogs in the back or my children buckled up during a launch.

Trucks sink so much faster than you think they will. I was faced with a very tough situation and while I have run it back through my mind a million times. I thought of all the things I might have done differently to save my truck but when 3 seconds was the difference between breathing and drowning I know I made the right choice. I just couldn't push my daughter out into the river in the pitch black and not follow her out the door. In my mind during that moment I had a choice to keep trying to safe my truck or to save my child and it was an easy choice to make.

I think back on this and sure there is plenty I could have done to never have been in this situation in the first place. Though I am not positive the E-Brake would have held I can never know for sure but it could not have hurt. I could have had my daughter get out of the truck while I was launching the boat (which I will do from now on) but everything that I think might have made a difference is irrelevant at this point. My baby is safe and it cost me a truck, not a life, and for that I am eternally grateful. We live and we learn some lessons are just much more intense than others.

Merry Christmas HW and thank you for the kind words. I know I will treasure this Christmas above all others as I truly have been blessed.           
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Re: Almost lost my daughter, myself, and completely lost my truck.
« Reply #29 on: December 24, 2018, 09:05:54 AM »
Gives me chills just thinking about having one of my own in that position.  Like others have said, trucks can be replaced but lives cannot.  Glad everyone is safe and sound. 

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