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A 19-year-old woman was miraculously saved from a wrecked car on a Missouri highway after a mystery priest suddenly appeared to pray with the victim and bless the rescue operation.
But once the woman was cut free, the holy man vanished from the cornfield-lined roadway.
As a first responder, you dont know what youre going to run into, New London Fire Chief Raymond Reed told KHQA-TV. In this particular case, it is my feeling that it was nothing more than sheer faith and nothing short of a miracle.
Katie Lentz, 19, was trapped in her mangled Mercedes-Benz for nearly an hour when she asked to pray and a mystery priest suddenly appeared.
Firefighters had been struggling for nearly an hour to get the teen, Katie Lentz, out of her crumpled Mercedes-Benz after a drunken driver crossed the middle line of the two-lane highway and struck her head-on about 9 a.m. Sunday, officials told the news station.
The smoke-eaters desperately tried to reach Lentz who was pinned between her seat and the steering wheel but the heavy steel of the car kept dulling the blades of their cutting tools, Reed said.
Emergency workers struggled to free Lenz, but the Mercedes' metal frame kept dulling their tools.
Emergency workers struggled to free Lenz, but the Mercedes' metal frame kept dulling their tools.
It was a very well-built car, Reed said. And when you compact materials like that one, they become even stronger because youre cutting through multiple things instead of one layer.
Medical workers had just warned the crew that Lentzs condition was failing fast, when the teen asked if everyone nearby would pray out loud with her.
Suddenly, a man clad in black with a white collar appeared at the scene.
He came up and approached the patient, and offered a prayer, Reed said. It was a Catholic priest who had anointing oil with him. A sense of calmness came over her, and it did us as well.
Reed said he couldnt make out everything that was said between the injured woman and the priest.
The teen suffered several broken bones from the wreck caused by a drunken driver who slammed into her car head-on and was upgraded to serious condition after undergoing surgeries at a local hospital.
But myself and another firefighter, we very plainly heard that we should remain calm, that our tools would now work and that we would get her out of that vehicle, he said.
As soon as the blessing was given firefighters with the Hannibal Fire Department arrived with fresh tools, which were able to extricate Lentz from the mangled car.
Emergency workers couldnt find the priest or any other bystander anywhere near the cornfield-lined roadway after the teen was pulled from her wrecked car.
The injured teen was air lifted from the scene and taken to Blessing Hospital, where condition was later upgraded to serious after undergoing several surgeries.
Both of her legs are very damaged, Lentzs friend, Amanda Wiseman, told KHQATV. Her wrist is broken, several broken ribs, so shes had a lot of broken bones to deal with.
Once Lentz was safely aboard the helicopter, the fatigued emergency workers turned to thank the priest but the man had vanished from the scene.
Lentz was airlifted to Blessing Hospital, where she was upgraded to serious condition after undergoing a series of surgeries.
Not a single bystander or civilian vehicle was on the Center, Mo., thoroughfare, a quarter-mile of which had been closed for first responders to work after the wreck.
Where did this guy come from? asked another Lentz pal, Travis Wiseman. Were looking for the priest and so far, no one has seen him. Whether it was a priest as an angel or an actual angel, he was an angel to all those and to Katie.
'In this particular case, it was nothing more than sheer faith and nothing short of a miracle,' said New London Fire Chief Raymond Reed, one of the first responders who rescued the teen after a blessing from the mystery priest.
Police later arrested Aaron Smith, 26, who was booked on a string of charges that include DWI, assault and failure to drive on the right half of the roadway.
The injured teens mother told the news station that her daughter has always turned to prayer when facing possible defeat.
All along the way, her foremost request is for people to pray and to pray out loud, she said. We would like nothing more than to carry that message forward for her."
Also apparently there were multiple photographs taken at the scene while this was happening, and the priest does not show up ina ny of them, according to another article. What say you Gaf, miracle or really bizarre coincidence?
A 19-year-old woman was miraculously saved from a wrecked car on a Missouri highway after a mystery priest suddenly appeared to pray with the victim and bless the rescue operation.
But once the woman was cut free, the holy man vanished from the cornfield-lined roadway.
As a first responder, you dont know what youre going to run into, New London Fire Chief Raymond Reed told KHQA-TV. In this particular case, it is my feeling that it was nothing more than sheer faith and nothing short of a miracle.
Katie Lentz, 19, was trapped in her mangled Mercedes-Benz for nearly an hour when she asked to pray and a mystery priest suddenly appeared.
Firefighters had been struggling for nearly an hour to get the teen, Katie Lentz, out of her crumpled Mercedes-Benz after a drunken driver crossed the middle line of the two-lane highway and struck her head-on about 9 a.m. Sunday, officials told the news station.
The smoke-eaters desperately tried to reach Lentz who was pinned between her seat and the steering wheel but the heavy steel of the car kept dulling the blades of their cutting tools, Reed said.
Emergency workers struggled to free Lenz, but the Mercedes' metal frame kept dulling their tools.
Emergency workers struggled to free Lenz, but the Mercedes' metal frame kept dulling their tools.
It was a very well-built car, Reed said. And when you compact materials like that one, they become even stronger because youre cutting through multiple things instead of one layer.
Medical workers had just warned the crew that Lentzs condition was failing fast, when the teen asked if everyone nearby would pray out loud with her.
Suddenly, a man clad in black with a white collar appeared at the scene.
He came up and approached the patient, and offered a prayer, Reed said. It was a Catholic priest who had anointing oil with him. A sense of calmness came over her, and it did us as well.
Reed said he couldnt make out everything that was said between the injured woman and the priest.
The teen suffered several broken bones from the wreck caused by a drunken driver who slammed into her car head-on and was upgraded to serious condition after undergoing surgeries at a local hospital.
But myself and another firefighter, we very plainly heard that we should remain calm, that our tools would now work and that we would get her out of that vehicle, he said.
As soon as the blessing was given firefighters with the Hannibal Fire Department arrived with fresh tools, which were able to extricate Lentz from the mangled car.
Emergency workers couldnt find the priest or any other bystander anywhere near the cornfield-lined roadway after the teen was pulled from her wrecked car.
The injured teen was air lifted from the scene and taken to Blessing Hospital, where condition was later upgraded to serious after undergoing several surgeries.
Both of her legs are very damaged, Lentzs friend, Amanda Wiseman, told KHQATV. Her wrist is broken, several broken ribs, so shes had a lot of broken bones to deal with.
Once Lentz was safely aboard the helicopter, the fatigued emergency workers turned to thank the priest but the man had vanished from the scene.
Lentz was airlifted to Blessing Hospital, where she was upgraded to serious condition after undergoing a series of surgeries.
Not a single bystander or civilian vehicle was on the Center, Mo., thoroughfare, a quarter-mile of which had been closed for first responders to work after the wreck.
Where did this guy come from? asked another Lentz pal, Travis Wiseman. Were looking for the priest and so far, no one has seen him. Whether it was a priest as an angel or an actual angel, he was an angel to all those and to Katie.
'In this particular case, it was nothing more than sheer faith and nothing short of a miracle,' said New London Fire Chief Raymond Reed, one of the first responders who rescued the teen after a blessing from the mystery priest.
Police later arrested Aaron Smith, 26, who was booked on a string of charges that include DWI, assault and failure to drive on the right half of the roadway.
The injured teens mother told the news station that her daughter has always turned to prayer when facing possible defeat.
All along the way, her foremost request is for people to pray and to pray out loud, she said. We would like nothing more than to carry that message forward for her."
Also apparently there were multiple photographs taken at the scene while this was happening, and the priest does not show up ina ny of them, according to another article. What say you Gaf, miracle or really bizarre coincidence?
