Posted on 07/16/2009 7:19:44 AM PDT by rawhide
A toddler has miraculously survived after he drove his toy jeep into a river and then floated nearly eight miles downstream.
Demetrius Jones, who turned three yesterday, let himself out of his grandmother's holiday trailer while his family slept and took his battery-operated truck down to the Peace River in British Columbia, where he was swept away by the current.
The red miniature Chevrolet Silverado truck flipped over but the boy - who was only wearing a nappy and T-shirt - floated on it, along swirling waters.
When his family woke up and realised he was missing police were called to help search for him, helped by friends, relatives and neighbours.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police joined the hunt. But it was five men in a boat who found Demetrius, nearly three hours after he went missing.
Don Loewen, a nearby town resident who was one of the men on the rescue boat, said: 'We just kept going down the river watching all the log jams and keeping our eyes out for any sign of the car or the boy.
'We spotted something that looked like some rocks or an eagle. The “rocks” were the black tyres of the overturned toy sticking out of the water. And what we thought was an eagle was the little boy’s blond head.'
The men manoeuvred their boat towards where Demetrius was kneeling in the upside-down, half-submerged truck.
Police said the infant seemed oblivious to the danger he had faced.
'He seemed pretty excited to be dealing with the police,' said Constable Jackelynn Passarell said. 'I don’t think he realised the gravity of what had just occurred. He wasn't crying or whimpering or anything,'.
Today, the child was still unfazed by his near-death experience and asked when he could go back on his 'boat'.
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That boy’s guardian angels sure got a workout that day! Whew!
Why is this little rabble rouser NOT under someone’s watchful eye?? They were lucky this time!! And I hope they stop letting this kid be a free spirit. He needs a whack on the butt!!
....but...but, that might injure his self esteem!
Militant
cute story
The /s was too obvious to add, right?
I live near the Mullica River in Southern NJ. Every year a guy come down and takes his red convertible amphibious car for rides on the river.
Police said the infant seemed oblivious to the danger he had faced.
Watch, he'll be graduating from some special operations training school in 16 years :-)
Future Navy Seal here!
He needs ritalin, his curiosity must be stopped./s
Thank God for watching over him and all of the other children every day.
He let himself out of the trailers. I guess kids that age can do that. My dad said that when I was that age and we were living in Germany where my dad was stationed in the army, he said I was constantly climbing the front yard fence at the house and trying to run away down the street..........
Beat me lol!
bttt
Sounds like a normal 3 year old to me...
Gotta be a FORD!
OOPs, reread it. Its a Chevy. LOL. (must be why it flipped over) LMAO. Old eyes arent what they used to be. Ok, Load, aim, FIRE! LOL!
DUH! YA THINK! Three year olds have absolutely no concept of danger.
If it had been a Jeep Wrangler the kid would have made 15 miles and picked up two babes along the way.
Yeh, he's normal!! All kids try "the great escape" at some point!!
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