Rescuers save elderly couple stuck dangling over 10-story gorge after their pickup truck swerved

[Siwsan]

off the road in Idaho - as a safety chain connected to their 30ft camper was the only thing keeping them from falling.



Authorities say a set of camp trailer safety chains and quick, careful work by emergency crews saved two people after their pickup truck plunged off a bridge, leaving them dangling above a deep gorge in southern Idaho.

Idaho State Police responded to the accident at about 2.45pm Monday, said ISP spokeswoman Lynn Hightower. A trooper found a man and a woman inside the pickup truck that was dangling, nose-down, off the side of the bridge spanning the Malad Gorge.

Idaho State Police identified the driver of the pickup as a 67-year-old man from Garden City, Idaho. The passenger was a 64-year-old woman who was also from Garden City. Their names have not been released.




https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9366201/Rescuers-save-2-pickup-dangling-deep-Idaho-gorge.html

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Ho-lee FUCK

[jeffreyi]

2. That there is some drama.

Watch out for those bridges in cold weather. Glad they are ok. Can you see the ad? "Our trailer chains stand up to the toughest demands!"

[sop]

3. Amazing images. Even more amazing luck.

[Wounded Bear]

4. That's why Mom telling you to wear clean underwear...

because "what if you get in an accident" is meaningless.

After all, first you say it...then you do it.

[milestogo]

5. 64 and 67 are elderly?

[MuseRider]

9. LOL

My first reaction was, "Holy shit! 64 and 67 are considered elderly?" Then, "Holy shit look at that!"

At 67 myself I do more physical work a day than most people do in a month.

[Beaverhausen]

11. Thank you!

I had a feeling when I saw the headline...

Elderly is 85 and older.

[Vinca]

12. That was my reaction. The title of the post makes me feel like a dinosaur at 72.

[Johnny2X2X]

6. Cannot believe the safety chains held

Just incredible. I can't imagine the terror they felt hanging there.

[sop]

7. This scenario been used in dozens of movies, but the links in the chain always part slowly, finally

giving way just after the passengers are rescued, then the vehicle explodes on the rocks below.

[Irish_Dem]

14. I can't believe the chains held either. Geez.

Yes and cannot even imagine what they were thinking and feeling as they hung in the air over a deep gorge.

[jcgoldie]

8. "their pickup truck swerved"

I hate it when that happens...

[UpInArms]

10. It looks like there is a cat

In the window by the mirror in the front of the truck cab ...

I hope it was saved, too

From the article

Two small dogs inside the pickup were also safely rescued, and taken to the home of a nearby family member

[Hermit-The-Prog]

13. "Magic Valley Paramedics" -- are the photos offered as proof of the name?

Whew!