Recently, police in Marion County, Texas were called to retrieve a Jeep that had been submerged in a lake. But when they arrived, they discovered something truly incredible: a woman was inside, alive and well.
It's hard to imagine how she managed to survive, but this amazing tale just goes to show that truth can be stranger than fiction.
NPR reported that it started with a call from a fisherman, who said he saw what looked to be a black Jeep virtually submerged in a large lake in Marion County, Texas. Not until later, after a tow truck came, did anyone realize someone was in the vehicle — and that they were still alive.
"We do not know how long the Jeep was in the water," Capt. Chuck Rogers, an investigator at the Marion County Sheriff's Office, told NPR. And that's just one of several questions that remain unanswered about the unusual case.
After that initial call on Friday morning, it took deputies around 18 minutes to reach the scene at Lake the Pines, which sits between Dallas and Shreveport, La. It took a little longer for a truck from a nearby wrecker service to arrive.
The Jeep was far from shore, about 40 feet out in the water from Woody's Camp Boat Ramp. The fisherman who called the authorities stuck around, using his boat to help a tow-truck worker get out to the Jeep and hook up a tow cable, Rogers said.
"It was at that time they saw the woman" inside the Jeep, the captain added. Abruptly, what began as a salvage job became a rescue. The fisherman and tow-truck driver helped get the woman out of the vehicle, pulling her into the fishing boat.
Thanks to the quick response of the police and the dedication of the deputies on the scene, she was taken to a hospital for further care.
We're relieved to know that she's in good hands and wish her a speedy recovery.
It's stories like these that remind us of the importance of remaining vigilant and compassionate towards one another.
