Reporter: DORINDA LOWE
NEVER SAW IT COMING.
A SEMI TRUCK RAN THE RED
LIGHT AND PLOWED OVER THE
TOP OF HER CAR.
THE 18-WHEELER BARELY MISSED
HER HEAD, BUT PRACTICALLY
SEVERED HER ARM.
HER LEGS WERE CAUGHT UNDER
THE ENGINE, AND THE CAR
COLLAPSED, TRAPPING HER
INSIDE.
WE COULD TELL RIGHT AWAY
BOTH OF HER ARMS WERE
BROKEN, AND AT LEAST ONE OF
HER LEGS WERE BROKEN, AND
POSSIBLY THE OTHER ONE.
AND WE WERE PRETTY SURE SHE
PROBABLY HAD SOME INTERNAL
INJURIES TO GO WITH THAT.
IT WAS A PRETTY LOW
PERCENTAGE IF SHE WAS GOING
TO MAKE IT OR NOT.
Reporter: RESCUE
WORKERS TRIED FOR 45 MINUTES
TO GET DORINDA OUT OF THE
CAR.
FINALLY SHE WAS
LIFE-FLIGHTED TO VIRGINIA.
IT WAS VERY GRAVE.
SHE HAD LOST A LOT OF BLOOD
WHEN SHE FIRST TIME CAME --
WHEN SHE FIRST CAME IN.
THE FRACTURES SHE HAD WERE
ALL VERY SERIOUS.
WHEN YOU THROW ON TOP OF IT
SHE HAD ALL OF THESE
INJURIES AND LACERATIONS AND
TEARS IN THE SKIN.
SHE HAD A RUPTURED SPLEEN
AND RUPTURED LIVER.
SHE WAS IN A VERY, VERY
SERIOUS CONDITION.
Reporter: FOR TWO
WEEKS, DOCTORS TRIED TO PUT
DORINDA BACK TOGETHER.
SHE HAD TO BE RESUSCITATED
TWICE AND SUFFERED A MASSIVE
STROKE.
SHE HAD SEVERAL SURGERIES
BUT REMAINED IN A COMA.
DOCTORS OFFERED LITTLE HOPE
FOR HER SURVIVAL.
DORINDA'S MOTHER NEVER LEFT
HER BEDSIDE.
> EVEN THOUGH SHE WASN'T A
CHRISTIAN, SHE BEGGED GOD TO
SAVE HER LIFE.
WHEN I WOKE UP, I
REMEMBER SEEING GOD.
I WAS ON THE STAIRWAY OF
HEAVEN AND WE WERE STANDING
AT THE BOTTOM.
AND GOD WAS HOLDING ME IN
HIS ARMS.
AND I CAN REMEMBER JUST
HEARING THE VOICE BEHIND ME
TALKING TO ME SAYING, IT'S
OKAY, YOU'RE FINE.
YOU'RE SAFE NOW.
I KNEW GOD WAS THERE.
I DID NOT SEE HIS FACE, BUT
I KNEW HE WAS HOLDING ME IN
HIS ARMS.
I KNEW HE HAD SAVED ME.
I WASN'T A CHRISTIAN.
I NEVER HOW TO ACTUALLY ASK
GOD TO FORGIVE ME FOR ALL OF
MY SINS.
Reporter: DORINDA HAD A
LONG AND HARD RECOVERY.
SHE REMAINED BEDRIDDEN AT
HOME FOR THREE MONTHS.
SHE HAD TO LEARN TO DO
EVERYTHING AGAIN.
I WAS SO SCARED I WOULD
NEVER WALK.
I HAD A PHYSICAL THERAPIST,
AND I LEARNED TO WALK ON A
WALKER.
AND THEN ON THE 24th, THEY
TOOK THE WALKER FROM ME AND
I WAS WALKING ON MY OWN.
THEY WERE WATCHING ME AND I
JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
I WAS CRYING.
AND I WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOSH,
I AM WALKING.
Reporter: DORINDA HAD
SURPASSED ALL EXPECTATIONS
FOR THEIR RECOVERY.
THEY SAID I WOULD
PROBABLY NEVER USE THE RIGHT
ARM AGAIN.
THEY WERE NEVER SURE IF I
WOULD EVER WALK RIGHT
AGAIN.
BUT I DO WALK AND USE MY
LIGH RIGHT ARM.
TO SEE SOMEBODY WITH THIS
NUMBER OF BONE AND JOINT
INJURIES AND THE ABDOMINAL
INJURIES SHE HAD, THE BELLY
INJURIES AND THE STROKE, TO
HAVE COME BACK LIKE THIS, IT
IS REALLY PHENOMENAL.
IT IS AN EXCEPTIONAL
RECOVERY, ABSOLUTELY.
Reporter: EVEN MORE
THAN A SECOND CHANCE AT
LIFE, DORINDA IS THANKFUL
THAT GOD SAVED HER FOR
ETERNITY.
THERE IS A GOD OUT
THERE.
AND HE WILL LISTEN TO YOU IF
YOU WANT TO TALK TO HIM AND
HAVE HIM COME INTO YOUR
HEART.
I'M LUCKY THAT I'M HERE AND
I GOT A SECOND CHANCE, THAT
I DID NOT DIE, AND I GOT TO
ACCEPT HIM INTO MY HEART AND
HE FORGIVES ME FOR ALL OF MY SINS.
