The first thing she said to me was that: "Your dad is okay, he was in an accident."
My first thought was there is no way, everybody always says that when somebody is in an accident. Immediately my heart dropped. I never thought anything could happen to my dad. He is like superman! Being a child of someone who does what he does everyday, God has given me a lot of peace and not fear because my dad can be put into dangerous situations every day. I am forever thankful that God gives me peace and not fear. So with the peace that I had, I never really fear anything happening because I trust God to protect my dad everyday.
I remember bombarding my mom with questions. What happened? Is he okay? Are you sure he is okay? Where is he? etc. I had so many questions and she was calm with every answer that she had. I asked her if she had a picture and she showed me the picture of his car. The picture is what did it for me. Once I saw the picture, that is when I thought that there was no way that he is okay. His Dodge charger was totally smashed.
When I saw the picture it hit me. I was able to keep it pretty cool in front of my mom, but I decided to go upstairs and I went straight to my bed and balled my eyes out. I couldn't believe that something like this happened to my dad. Even knowing that he was okay, it was one of the hardest things I have ever experienced. I was in shock. It begin to sink in that if God wouldn't have saved my dad I would've lost him. I wasn't ready for that and I will never be ready for that.
While all of this was happening my brother was still asleep. I remember when we woke up to tell him and I could see in his eyes that he was shocked as well. All I wanted to do was drive to the hospital to see him. The roads were terrible but all I wanted was to see my dad. I remember driving to the hospital with knots in my stomach because I never thought I would be driving to see my dad in the hospital after being hit by a semi. I was more scared for that moment than any other moment in my lifetime.
As we got closer to the hospital I kept getting more and more nervous. We walked into the hospital and we asked to see Vern Fisher. I remember walking into this room and he was still had most of his patrol uniform on and he was hooked up to some IV's or something like that. He had a couple scratches on his face and a sore neck. He looked a hundred times better than what I expected. When I was able to walk in, see him smiling, hug him, and tell him I loved him, I was immediately at peace. I was so happy to see that my dad was okay. He was smiling and joking around just like he normally does. There were other state troopers there to see him and it was cool to see the brotherhood that those men have. Every officer who came in was in shock that my dad was okay after seeing the pictures of his car.
So what exactly happened? What miracle took place?
My dad was citing a crash while he was sitting in his Dodge charger on the media of the toll road. While he was sitting in his car, he was rear ended by a semi truck that was going about 40 mph. The semi smashed the back of his car all the way up to where he was sitting. The Dodge charger he was in had a cage in the middle of it and that is where all of the damage was pushed too. The cage saved my dad's life.
Here is the crazy part. That morning, my dad was supposed to drive to Findlay, Ohio to get a different patrol car. I believe he was supposed to get a Ford explorer. This explorer didn't have a cage in it. If my dad would have been in the explorer like he was supposed to be, he could've been injured even worse or even killed.
Looking back at everything even right now as I write this post makes me emotional because God really did save my dad's life that day.
God saved my dad's life that day and that day changed our lives as a family forever.
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