Pasco Family Talks About Surviving Avalanche
PASCO -- A Pasco family is home Thursday after surviving an avalanche. They were headed over Snoqualmie Pass Wednesday afternoon when a wall of snow crashed on top of them.
Action News spent some time with the family. They are still shaken up from their ordeal but thankful they're okay.
It is not the spring break picture Randall Parker hoped to be looking at with his kids. A day after the crash, Parker showed Action News the photos of his car after the crash. It's how their spring break trip ended.
They were driving home from Seattle on Interstate-90 when an avalanche hit.
Randall, his wife Roxanna and their two daughters all survived but are still very shaken up.
Thy didn't want to be interviewed on camera, but did tell Action News about the details about the crash. They let Action News inside their home to talk about ordeal they lived through just 24 hours earlier.
They sum it up in one word: miracle. The Parkers call it a miracle they are alive and miracle no one was too badly hurt.
Roxanna says her chest is very sore and describes the moment of impact like a log slamming down on her. Randall has scratches on his hands from where their windshield came crashing down, giving into the immense weight of the snow.
They say there was glass was everywhere, on their bodies, in their clothes and even in their mouths.
They told Action News it wasn't like they hit a wall of ice and snow, they actually were driving through the avalanche as it came down. Snow pouring into their car from the windows and the sunroof.
Randall actually had to dig himself out to get to his two young girls in the back seat. Both are okay.
Once the family was able to get out of the car and medics helped Roxanna, they were taken to a nearby hospital, treated and released. The Parkers are now back home taking it all in.
They are just coming to grips with the miracle they just lived through.
We're told all four were strapped in and they credit their large SUV as a big part of the reason they all survived.
Action News spent some time with the family. They are still shaken up from their ordeal but thankful they're okay.
It is not the spring break picture Randall Parker hoped to be looking at with his kids. A day after the crash, Parker showed Action News the photos of his car after the crash. It's how their spring break trip ended.
They were driving home from Seattle on Interstate-90 when an avalanche hit.
Randall, his wife Roxanna and their two daughters all survived but are still very shaken up.
Thy didn't want to be interviewed on camera, but did tell Action News about the details about the crash. They let Action News inside their home to talk about ordeal they lived through just 24 hours earlier.
They sum it up in one word: miracle. The Parkers call it a miracle they are alive and miracle no one was too badly hurt.
Roxanna says her chest is very sore and describes the moment of impact like a log slamming down on her. Randall has scratches on his hands from where their windshield came crashing down, giving into the immense weight of the snow.
They say there was glass was everywhere, on their bodies, in their clothes and even in their mouths.
They told Action News it wasn't like they hit a wall of ice and snow, they actually were driving through the avalanche as it came down. Snow pouring into their car from the windows and the sunroof.
Randall actually had to dig himself out to get to his two young girls in the back seat. Both are okay.
Once the family was able to get out of the car and medics helped Roxanna, they were taken to a nearby hospital, treated and released. The Parkers are now back home taking it all in.
They are just coming to grips with the miracle they just lived through.
We're told all four were strapped in and they credit their large SUV as a big part of the reason they all survived.
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