Whanganui, New Zealand – After a group of kids vandalized their mailbox on Saturday, Vanessa Horton and her 13-year-old son, Silva, jumped into their Mazda station wagon to give chase. Stacey Horton jumped in another vehicle and followed after his wife and son. Not far from the home he finds that his wife’s car had rolled down an embankment and into the Whanganui River. Vanessa had escaped the vehicle and was screaming for help, barely able to keep her head above water. His son was still trapped in the vehicle which was already three feet below the water and sinking. He only had time to save one of them.
Stacey dove into the water and attempted to save Silva first, but the car was too deep for him to get to and his wife was drowning. So he made the decision to save his wife and then go back for Silva. But once he got Vanessa to shore, the car had sank too far. “I made a call to pull my wife to safety. I looked back and I could see the tail-lights, but it was too far and I couldn’t get him,” said Stacey. Divers were not able to recover Silva’s body until Sunday.
Personally, I would have went after my son first as well. No offense to the wifey, but it is what it is. I would expect no different had the roles been reversed. But no matter who he chose first, that is one shitty situation that you normally only see in movies. Sucks all way ’round.
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Tags: Accident, New Zealand, Silva Horton, Stacey Horton, Station wagon, Vanessa Horton, Whanganui, Whanganui River
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