Lynn Jennifer Groesbeck and her daughter, Lily, left the home of Jenny's parents on Friday, March 6 around 10 at night. She was driving from Salem, where her parents lived, to Springfield. Jenny's father strapped little Lily into her carseat and sent them on their way. Little did he know that he wouldn't see his daughter alive again.
Jenny lost control of her vehicle and plunged into the icy Spanish Fork River located in Utah. A fisherman came upon the vehicle around noon the next day. This was approximately 14 hours after Jenny had left her parent's house. The fisherman called authorities for help.
When first responders arrived, they saw no signs of life. When the call came over the radio, it was reported as a possible abandoned vehicle
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Instantly, they ran towards the vehicle. Full of adreniline and concern for the occupants of the vehicle, the responders flipped the truck and found the two occupants.
One of the first respondents reports that he heard a voice, and he believes one of the others reponded with, "We're trying our best to get in there." When the truck was flipped, they saw that there was a mother and her little girl. The mother was clearly deceased, and they were concerned that the girl was gone as well.
As you can see in this video, body cameras catch the frantic rescue of baby Lily from the carseat where she'd been suspended upside down since the accident.
Firefighters who had jumped into the river to save the little girl were treated for hypothermia at a nearby hospital. Many of the responders have talked about that night, and they swear they heard a voice call for help. Later, they found out that the mother died on impact. There was no way she could have been the voice calling for help. Lily was just a baby and unconscious when she was rescued from the icy water. Even knowing that Jenny couldn't have called for help, they stand by what they