Making Sense of Nonsense

A news article I read online described the harrowing experience of a 41-year-old woman who survived for six days in her crashed car until rescuers finally found her. She supposedly had fallen asleep at the wheel and the car went off the road and into a deep ravine, 80 miles from Chicago.

The article stated up front that she was unable to move her legs. She had no cell phone service, food or water. So how did she stay alive? According to her father, "she used her sweater to retrieve water from a nearby creek –– wringing it into water and drinking from it." But if she was unable to move her legs, how did she get from the car to the creek, which was "nearby?" How nearby? Was it actually in the creek?

I went straight to the comments section following the article expecting everyone to have raised the question. But no. The first comment was, "Impeach Trump." The next said, "She should have pulled over and taken a nap." The next said "it was a miracle." Another said she should have carried flares in her car. Lots more like that, but nobody wondered how she got from the car to the creek.

It's so scary out there.