My Guardian Angel

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Story type: Angel
Location: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Source: Form Submission

I get off of work at about 1 or 2 am, and on this par- ticular night, I had to take a co-worker and his brother home. It was raining really hard, where the rain becomes hypnotic,and no matter how fast you have your wipers going, it is not fast enough. Well, I had really bad breaks, the tread on my tires was shot, and my windshield wipers needed to be replaced.

I was driving down the only double-lane section of the high way in Kona, and was approaching a steep hill, and began to break. Well, seeing as how there was about three inches of water on the road, and I had no tread, I began to spiral down the highway. The whole time this is going on, I am see ing the guardrail coming at me...fast. (I must have been at about 60 mph at this time because I have always been told that breaking too hard when you have lost control makes the situation worse). As I saw this coming at me, I wondered how bad the damage would be--I wasn't wearing my seatbelt and my car isn't equipped with airbags--probably a good thing cause I am really short, and my seats don't lock into place, so on impact, I knew I would be thrown face-first into my steering wheel--and how bad the phone call to my parents would be. (I was 17 at the time.)

All of a sudden, mid-spiral, my car stopped. I was about 3 inches away from the guardrail. This is a miracle in more than one way. First, I had driven that road many times that late at night, and there was ALWAYS others on the road, and this particular night, there wasn't a soul in sight for miles! Two, although this story may not seem amazing to any one else, I know how fast my car was spinning, how quickly I was approching the guardrail, and I know without a doubt that for all intents and purposes, I SHOULD have hit it. So, I am eternally grateful to God and my guardian angel! :)