Posted on 10/31/2010 8:04:55 PM PDT by cycle of discernment
October 28 2010 Seattle Times
Ballard man recalls pulling girl from fiery car and a vision days later
By Erik Lacitis Seattle Times staff reporter
It would take an unusual man to decide, in a split second after witnessing a car crash, to crawl into the Subaru that had erupted into flames 8 feet high to try to save a little girl and her dad.
He remembers talking to himself as he went into the Subaru:
"Oh, my God, this car is gonna blow up and I'm going to be in it. Well, if does blow up, I guess I'm going straight to heaven because I'm trying to save that little girl."
He did save the 3-year-old, Anna Kotowicz, who suffered a broken arm and some bruising.
Her dad, Andy Kotowicz, 37, who had just picked up his daughter at day care, died at Harborview Medical Center three days later. He had worked for 10 years as a sales and marketing executive at Sub Pop, the Seattle record company.
Days passed, and Johnson went back to his routine.
That is, until Tuesday morning around 6, he says.
"My wife is next to me in bed. She's sleeping. Everything is where it's supposed to be," says Johnson. "Then there is this man standing right by the bed. He says he needs help with a few things. I say, 'OK.'
"Now, I know it's him (Kotowicz) even though the only time I had seen him was at the accident, when he didn't look, you know, normal. He says he wants me to give a message to his wife and to his daughter.
"He also tells me to talk to the people at Sub Pop, he wants to let them know not to be mad at the driver that caused the accident."
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WA ping???
You read stories like this and it just makes you wonder about all that is unknown. All that is unexplainable and won’t be revealed to us until...
Interesting story, just watch out for the pop up ads on the site if you click to read the whole story.
There are things that can’t be explained.
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
The Bard spoke the unvarnished truth.
Bless this man, not only for saving the child but for carrying the dead man’s message of comfort to the living.
Can’t believe the car was not an evil SUV...would explain alot.
Even if the man had failed to save the child, he exhibited incredible bravery stepping into the fire ~ everything that happened after that is an afterthought.
What are the odds this guy is just trying to drum up business for his restaurant?
Not that there’s anything wrong with it, just seems more likely than the ghost story.
“What are the odds this guy is just trying to drum up business for his restaurant?”
Call me cynical but that was my first thought, too.
>>Even if the man had failed to save the child, he exhibited incredible bravery stepping into the fire ~ everything that happened after that is an afterthought.<<
Agreed. The fact he did save the child is a bonus. We are now left with the conundrum of the post-mortem visit by the father. And such a kind message he brought. I would like to think that in my first steps in the afterlife I would have such care for others.
Great story.
This must be the third story I have heard about someone literally ripped a car door off its hinges after an accident. There is another mention of this scenario in the comments at that story. Does anyone know how easy it would be to do that? Is it an adrenaline rush thing happening... or maybe something larger at work? It makes you wonder.
Ghost storys are more likely than you think.
Especially for the next hour or so.
I don’t think it’s bravery at all. I think its fear of what it would feel like to NOT crawl into that fire standing there watching two people burn to death.
I believe.
I had an experience when a flood resulted in the loss of two young boys in the village where I am a volunteer firefighter. I got home around 3:00 am after we sent hours looking for the victims. An unknown small cat came meowing down the drive at my home and hopped up on a table outside a window and continued to meow softly. Never saw the cat before or after. Must have been the spirits of the kids thanking me.
It is true. Maybe not for everyone but for some of us it has happened.
I bet it’s that adrenaline thing, like when people lift up a car to free someone stuck under it. The body is a wondrous and mysterious thing.
He deserves business just for being a hero! Vision or not.
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