Pasco Family Shares Avalanche Survival Story on 'The Early Show'
TRI-CITIES -- The Pasco family who survived an avalanche is now making national headlines.
On Monday, the family was in New York on 'The Early Show' on CBS sharing their 'miracle' survival story.
Spring Break has been extended a bit for the Parkers. Now in New York on the set of 'The Early Show', the Pasco family talked about the avalanche they survived while traveling over Snoqualmie Pass.
"I just had seen something come down I didn't have any warning, something just came on top of us. I must have closed my eyes and held on for dear life," said Randall "Kent" Parker.
Parker first spoke with KEPR a day after the crash, showing Action News what their SUV looked like after getting hit by a wall of snow. Now they're sharing their story with the nation.
"I thought it was the end for all of us," said Roxanna "Tana" Parker.
The Snow and ice smashed through the windshield with enormous force, covering both parents with shattered glass and pushing the vehicle into a retaining wall.
Kent and Tana Parker had mostly cuts and bruises, amazingly their two young daughters were barely touched.
And for the first time on 'The Early Show', the Parkers heard the 911 tape of the first call for help after the snow and ice covered Interstate 90.
The Parkers talked about the good Samaritans who stopped and helped, including one man who just happened to be medically trained.
"The guy was taking care of us like we were his own family. So nice like an angel for us," said Tana Parker.
An angel and they say a miracle they're alive.
The Parkers say that good Samaritan even gave Tana the jacket off his back and was standing in the snow with just a shirt on as they waited for help to arrive. The Parkers still have that jacket and hope to get it back to him and thank him in person.
On Monday, the family was in New York on 'The Early Show' on CBS sharing their 'miracle' survival story.
Spring Break has been extended a bit for the Parkers. Now in New York on the set of 'The Early Show', the Pasco family talked about the avalanche they survived while traveling over Snoqualmie Pass.
"I just had seen something come down I didn't have any warning, something just came on top of us. I must have closed my eyes and held on for dear life," said Randall "Kent" Parker.
Parker first spoke with KEPR a day after the crash, showing Action News what their SUV looked like after getting hit by a wall of snow. Now they're sharing their story with the nation.
"I thought it was the end for all of us," said Roxanna "Tana" Parker.
The Snow and ice smashed through the windshield with enormous force, covering both parents with shattered glass and pushing the vehicle into a retaining wall.
Kent and Tana Parker had mostly cuts and bruises, amazingly their two young daughters were barely touched.
And for the first time on 'The Early Show', the Parkers heard the 911 tape of the first call for help after the snow and ice covered Interstate 90.
The Parkers talked about the good Samaritans who stopped and helped, including one man who just happened to be medically trained.
"The guy was taking care of us like we were his own family. So nice like an angel for us," said Tana Parker.
An angel and they say a miracle they're alive.
The Parkers say that good Samaritan even gave Tana the jacket off his back and was standing in the snow with just a shirt on as they waited for help to arrive. The Parkers still have that jacket and hope to get it back to him and thank him in person.
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