Colorado: A Colorado man survived nearly a week in the mountains without food or water when he was trapped in a car wreck, laying on top of his dead friend.
Richard Koester, 36, was riding in the car with his friend Ronald Lee Mohr, 59, on a trip to Cripple Creek when Mohr, who was driving, suffered a medical emergency that caused their truck to roll off the highway and into a 30-foot ravine. Mohr was killed in the crash and Koester survived, but found he couldn’t move.
“I was laying on top of him the whole six days and nights. I had no idea he was with me when I woke up,” told media. “That and a couple of other things kept me alive. He kept me a little warmer for a few extra days.”
Koester said that that one of the last things he remembered before the crash was wishing his daughter a happy early 13th birthday and asking her to stay awake for his phone call around midnight, on her actual birthday.
His mother has told media outlets that Koester now has two birthdays, the day he was born, and the day he was rescued.
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