One very lucky todler - thank you fishermen

[malaise]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/baby-found-alive-car-14-hours-crash-utah-29484137
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An 18-month-old girl survived a car crash in a frigid Utah river after being strapped in a car seat upside-down for some 14 hours before being found by a fisherman, officers said.

The condition of Lily Groesbeck was upgraded from critical to stable but critical condition at a Salt Lake City hospital, but her 25-year-old mother, Lynn Groesbeck of Springville, was found dead in the car, police said Sunday.

"She is doing remarkably well considering the circumstance. The doctors have been hopeful so far," the mother's sister, Jill Sanderson, told KSL-TV of Salt Lake City on Sunday. "We would like to express our appreciation to the Spanish Fork rescue team for saving the baby's life."

The girl was found hanging upside down above the river that flowed through the car, and the water never reached high enough to touch her, Johnson told the Deseret News newspaper. Her mother was found in the driver's seat.

[elleng]

1. Hard to imagine.

I'm glad the little girl is alive. Will keep this image with me for a long time, I think. I have 2 little grandsons, one is 15 months old, the other, 7 months.

[malaise]

2. I'll bet you her mom didn't know that dressing her properly this morning

and strapping her in to that baby seat would save her life.
It's very easy to lose folks in accidents.

[elleng]

3. Really.

14 hours! How frightened she must have been!

[malaise]

4. And how hungry

I hope she heals quickly - poor lil baby has lost her mom

[elleng]

5. Oh YES, how hungry!

They eat VERY often, at that age.

I hope the family is a good one.

[shenmue]

6. So sad

[CTyankee]

7. Glad the responders were there to rescue her. What a sad story, tho.

What would we do without our responders? They are saints and angels in our lives...

[malaise]

8. True but we should thank that fisherman first in this instance

He found them.
It's very sad but at least there was a survivor.

[malaise]

9. Wow the responders needed treatment for hypothermia

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/09/utah-toddler-rescued-after-being-trapped-for-14-hours-in-crashed-car-in-river
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Three police officers and four firefighters who entered the river to push the car on its side and rescue the girl were released after treatment for hypothermia at a hospital.

The temperature dipped to the low- to mid-30s Fahrenheit (about 0 to 3 Celsius) overnight while the girl was trapped in the car.