In July 2018, Angela Hernandez was driving down Highway 1, headed to Southern California in her SUV, when a small animal crossed the road. Hernandez swerved to miss it, and in doing so, shot her SUV off the road and off a cliff, tumbling 200 feet to a desolate, rocky beach.
She had a brain hemorrhage, fractured ribs, broken collarbone, ruptured blood vessels in both eyes, and a collapsed lung, but she didn’t die. When Angela came to, water lapped over her knees. She broke her window and crawled out the window, swam to the beach, and passed out.
When she awoke, she saw that there was no one in sight. She walked for days, until spotted by hikers, who descended to her by rope, and Angela Hernandez was saved.
Angela Hernandez is an example of endurance and determination – the kind that leads to sustained recovery.
Recovery Step: “And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope” (Romans 5:3-4).
