The trucker who was saved from extremis in Eastman is grateful to those who saved his life

I would have thrown a sand trip to a building site. When I tried to tie myself up, I looked down for a few seconds. When I picked them up, it was all too latehe recalled.

When the truck was in the ditch, a log broke the window in front of the cabin. Soon the cabin began to fill with water.

My left hand is free, but I can’t breathe. It is mud and water. I was able to delete some [respirer] and I began to have a little shortness of breath. Atleast there is air passing through, because I swallowed, mudhe continued.

He knew he was going to die very close .

I am thankful to heaven and my little angelHe added.

This angel , this is Karine Lareau, who was a paramedic for 20 years before becoming a truck driver. He was the first to rescue Mr. St-Pierre by breaking the driver’s side window, assisted by another truck driver.

They broke the window. […] He removed my head from the mud. Just seconds, not minutes said Mr. St-Pierre.

In all these maneuvers, he said only his family was on his mind.

I said to myself “I want to see my grandchildren”, he said emotionally. That was pretty bad. “I have to get through, I can’t stay here”.

Reinforcements arrived ten minutes later. It took them about an hour to release Mr. St-Pierre from the truck to the roof.

After a night and a day in the hospital where he passed a battery of tests, Gérald St-Pierre now knew he was fine, except for one vertebra to be monitored. He has returned home with Francine Letendre, his wife of nearly 48 years.

I’m happy to find himhe exclaimed.

He didn’t know yet if he would take the steering wheel again. However, he intends to see Karine Lareau again to thank her. I want to give him a medal of bravery. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t be here.

There is information from Guylaine Charette