Lonnie Crim saving the world

One of our ninjas send us a link to the story of Lonnie Crim, an Army Reservist combat engineer who happened to be on a family outing when he witnessed an SUV drive into a lake at Pigeon Creek Park in Arkansas. A mother had fallen asleep at the wheel and lost control of the vehicle endangering herself and her infant daughter. Lonnie leapt into action;

The woman, who declined to give her name, unrolled her window as the SUV began sinking. She then put a lifejacket on her daughter. Crim swam to them, grabbed the little girl and swam her to shore.

The veteran then went back and got the woman. Next, Crim gently picked up the girl.

“The toughest part of the whole thing was getting back up to the road,” said the Vet. “The soil was just so loose it was crumbling and rolling down the hill. The loose rocks didn’t help either.”

As her husband raced to help mother and daughter, Pamela called 911 to report the accident that occurred shortly after 9 a.m. Monday morning.

Crim’s wife Pamela spoke with the woman while they watched emergency crews recover the Honda SUV from the depths of the lake;

“God put everyone where they were today,” Pamela said to the woman. “Perhaps this is an opportunity for you to start fresh.”

The mother thought for a while and later replied.

“I didn’t believe in God before today,” the mother said. “But maybe someone’s trying to tell me something. Maybe I need to believe.”