Teens die in car in icy pond

[asterroc]

I wish there were a little more factual information in this article. Five teens driving to school went off the road and into an icy pond. It took rescue crews 2 hours to get the car out, at which time the kids were found with their Bibles in their laps, still buckled into their seats, two already dead and the other three did not make it.

The part that's confusing me is if they had time to get their Bibles out, why did they not try to get out of the car?

Comments

[oh-chris.livejournal.com]

"i sent the police, a fire truck, even a guy in a boat!"

[iresprite.livejournal.com]

One alternate possibility is that these people weren't dumbasses, and instead already had their bibles out as they were driving along. As you pointed out, we don't have a lot of facts. I'm not sure why they were still buckled in-- maybe they figured they'd die from exposure in the cold water. Maybe they'd drown. One of them was 12, right?

Meh. Being Christian =/= stupid.

[xoder.livejournal.com]

Suicide pact? Although, why bring the bibles, then?

[sammka.livejournal.com]

It is often not possible (or advisable) to escape from an underwater car, for several reasons:

1) power locks and windows will malfunction due to the water; they might be locked in

2) Water pressure will make it humanly impossible to open the doors if the car is substantially submerged (#1 and #2 are why some people (including me) keep tools in the car to break a window in case of an emergency).

3) If you are entirely underwater, then opening the door or breaking a window will cause all the water to pour into the car with incredible force, potentially trapping you in the car under the water.

4) If the water is icy, you have even less time to struggle out of the car once the door is open, since you may go into shock.