if there is one thing we have learned
over the past 25 years it is that life
can change in an instant
in the amount of time it takes to
replace a lightbulb to put on your
lipstick to get your mail it can happen
just that fast nobody knows that better
than Lori and Chris Coble what happened
to them has us all shaking our heads in
utter disbelief it is a story of
unimaginable loss unbelievable courage
and an undeniable miracle a twist of
fate that will make the little hairs on
the back of your neck stand up it starts
with the worst day of their lives we
knew when we first got married that we
definitely wanted kids right away well
we were definitely I think best
described as a goofy fun-loving family
and there was plenty of dancing and
silliness and laughing I think we just
like to have a lot of fun it was the day
after Kyle's birthday my mom was with us
that day and we wanted to go somewhere
and do something fun we decided to go to
a local shopping center that had a
ferris wheel and Kyle wanted to go on
the ferris Oh we went on the
merry-go-round went to the pet store and
the kids loved to do it was getting
pretty close to naptime and the kids
kind of starting to get tired so we
backed the car up got on the freeway and
started to head home
oh we were driving home Mo and Katie was
watching a movie on TV and Kyle was
playing with a new Nintendo DS he just
got for his birthday after ten minutes
being in the car I was stuck stopped in
traffic and I turned around to check on
the kids
and that's when I noticed that Katie was
falling asleep so I reached back and I
tickled her toes and that was one of the
last things that I remember a big-rig
truck loaded with 40,000 pounds of cargo
slammed into Laurie's minivan at over 55
miles per hour Laurie was knocked
unconscious
but her mother Cindy who was also in the
car remembers everything all of a sudden
all I could hear was metal bending and
crashing and crunching and it was the
worst sound I've ever heard in my life
9-1-1 emergency what are you reporting
it was most horrific accident I've ever
seen and it just happened so quick all I
could think was oh my god how am I gonna
get these kids out of here as well and I
couldn't I couldn't get him out the next
thing I remember is waking up on the
side of the freeway Laurie had a severe
concussion her mother Cindy had broken
ribs they were taken to one hospital in
order to handle all of the trauma Kyle
and Katie were taken to another and
four-year-old Emma went to a third Chris
was at work when he received the
devastating news doctors wouldn't tell
him anything until he got to the
hospital I literally ran to the
emergency room at that point they took
me back into a small room and the doctor
told me I'm sorry but katie has expired
a few more minutes went by they told me
there was a call from the doctor from
Saddleback Hospital
and I got on the phone and the first
thing I said was please tell me Emma's
alive and he said I'm sorry but a mass
expired
so I just dropped the phone I just
couldn't believe that was happening it's
almost like my world black at that point
no Emma was at 1/3 Hospital you know 30
to 40 minutes away from where we were I
was one of my own children I couldn't
even make it to that Hospital with
everything going on Chris I do tell
Laurie that Emma and Katie had died I
just remember screaming and I didn't
know how I could be alive and they could
have died
and I asked about Kyle they didn't know
if he was gonna make it I didn't want
Kyle to be alone I didn't want him to be
scared they woke up Chris rushed to be
with Kyle his only remaining child and I
could see Kyle on a bed with lots of
equipment around him and it was laying
there with his eyes half open
I had some hope for a moment maybe he'll
survive so the doctor talked to me and
and pulled me aside his brain hadn't
been receiving any oxygen and it wasn't
coming back he suggested to stop life
support so we decided to get lauric
transported and so we could say goodbye
together Kyle I got to hold his hand and
talk to him spend time with him telling
him I'm sorry this happened
so I could go in this place wish I could
change things brushing his hair back and
holding his hand his eyes and I thought
I were all wrong she's climbing out of
the wheelchairs the best she can to hug
Kyle and saying he's gotta go be with
his sisters now the sisters are waiting
for him so we stop life support machines
went Ike never on my dark and I held my
hand on his chest and those heart
stopped beating what's gone well it's
obviously very difficult for Chris and
Laurie to share their story but I have
to believe that they will inspire
everybody watching today and help us all
understand that it is possible no matter
what you are facing right now somehow
you can keep going and put one foot in
front of the other thank you both for
being here today
how were you even able to breathe after
that I mean how I'm sure that there was
a period of complete numbness where you
were just walking through your life yes
I think I was numb for four months
afterwards for four years I'm still numb
at times
mm-hmm this was three three and a half
years ago it was hard to get up to do
your daily routines mm-hmm to even take
a shower mm-hmm
you somehow just do it we did it for
them well we you know you're obviously
in shock for weeks and disbelief no
denial would be the most descriptive
word probably yeah cuz when you wake up
you still can't believe that it happened
you're hoping that it was a nightmare
yeah a reverse nightmare you ever had
every morning you just wake up and you
were happy to be asleep just for some
period of time so you could get
away from ya the crushing feeling of
grief we wanted to tell the kobolds
heart-wrenching story today not just so
that we could be voyeurs in their lives
but because of their strength and their
ability to keep standing to actually get
up and put one foot in front of the
other every day as we go to break Chris
and Laurie share some tender memories of
Kyle of Emma and of Katie Kyle was an
amazing kid of life he was outgoing lots
of friends he was just very unique he
was an angel
I find his memories of Emma were the
adventurous side of her she was
independent and brave and fun-loving she
had a unique personality she loved to
dance
Emma was always bouncing around Katie
was our little handful she was the
youngest of course she was very outgoing
and loud and she would dress up as a
princess and she put on her crown and
her shoes and dance on this little mat
when no you come in the front door and
three children are sprinting to get to
you first I have to open my arms big and
catch everybody at full speed and give
everyone kisses so that was the best
part of coming home
you spend a lot of time I know thinking
about the reason you survived I think
the reason I survived was to stay here
with Chris I believe that he couldn't
made it alone and I think that I
survived so we could continue our family
so three months after the accident Lori
and Chris decided to try to have more
children so first tell us about making
that decision I think that was the easy
decision to make I think we had so much
fun with the kids the kids would want us
to be happy again they'd want us to have
more children mm-hmm that seemed like a
very simple we always described herself
as at that point parents without
children I mean when you have three
children that young your whole lives are
dedicated to them and and you love it
mm-hmm
so what happened next is I think a
miracle almost one year to the day after
the tragic loss of their children
Kyle Katie and Emma Lori gave birth
again to triplets but not just triplets
two girls and a boy doesn't that give
you goosebumps we are thrilled to
introduce you to two and a half year old
Ashley Ellie and Jay
Ashley le and can you say hi Jake hey
two and a half you get whatever you can
get whatever you can so do you consider
it a miracle also yes definitely
definitely a miracle I mean really
triplets
a boy and two girls probably want the
back story don't ya a little story what
happened well we had decided we were
done having children prior to the
accident mm-hmm
so we had to do we had to do indeed for
medical reasons yes and we found out
that it was two girls and a boy we took
that as a sign from above and we put him
we put all back in and almost you know
nine months later they were born
unbelievable do you think you know I
always say that when somebody you love
dies it feels like the spirit of them is
like an angel you know I heard you
describing you know Kyle as a little
angel do you feel the spirit of them
through these children definitely we we
see their little personalities that
definitely by their looks
definitely by their looks sort of looks
their personalities their mannerisms
together yeah it's great
it brings a smile to our face to see
that little part of Kyle and mine Katie
come back a little part of them now have
you have have you already started
talking to them about Kyle and Katie and
Emma yes yes they know that they have
two sisters and brother in heaven and we
go to the cemetery and we have picnics
and really it's much of a picnic that
you and a half-year-old have yes yes but
but yeah I guess my question is you will
integrate the lives of your children who
are no longer here
of course with this because they still
are a part of
this family of course listen for these
children's little grow up with its
knowledge I mean we have all the
pictures up on the walls and our house
still of caelum and Katy and we look at
them and every day with them and so they
definitely our part will be part of
their lives knowledge of their lives
it's amazing so tell us about their
middle names um the triplets have the
same middle names as Kyle Atman Kady um
so you carry these they carry a little
piece of them they do yeah we do they'll
never be able to know them but they will
know them for us America hold up you
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