This Mom Lifted A Car Off Her Trapped Child. And So Can You.

It’s called ‘hysterical strength,’ and it is 100% not made up.

Sarah Cottrell

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Picture it: Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1982. You’re a middle-aged mom and grandmother, and you’re just doing your thing on a Friday afternoon. You’ve got some housework going, your teenager, Tony, a junior in high school, is out in the driveway tinkering under his 64' Chevy Impala, and you’re wondering if anyone will complain if you throw together a casserole for dinner. Everything is going ok until you hear a sickening crash…

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Sarah Cottrell

Writer + Editor | Slow Living + Science Nerd | Rep’d by Folio Lit | Follow my stories here: https://sarahcottrell.medium.com/membership