US..BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THE
LORD WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH..SO
WE'RE GOING.
An accident nearly stopped their
mission to spread the gospel.
But five men say a higher power
intervened and kept them safe.
Good Evening I'm Dave Sess.
And I'm Mandy Noell.
We followed this accident last
night at 11.
Their truck was destroyed when a
tractor trailer slammed into it.
And the men behind the wheel
believe it was an act of divine
intervention that
helped them survive.
It's our top story at six.
:39 1:08
Tonight the chassis of their
food truck sits at a tow yard in
Austintown....It was all
workers could pull from the
scene...This is how it appeared
last night..after a semi
smashed into it..sending the
crumpled body over the guard
rail... KENNY BRYANT: HE WAS IN
THE CAB OF THE TRUCK AND I WAS
IN THE BACK..
Kenny Bryant and Jordan Cole are
with the Montana-based "Potters
Field
Ministry"...They and three
others were driving to
Philadelphia when their truck
broke
down on the Ohio Turnpike in
Newton Township...While the
others went to find a
part..Bryant and Cole suddenly
had a feeling they needed to get
out of the truck...Both tell
me it was the Lord preparing
them... KENNY BRYANT: IT WAS
CRAZY..BECAUSE..TALKING
AFTERWARDS..WE BOTH REALIZED
THAT WE..WE KNEW THAT THE TRUCK
WAS GOING TO GET HIS..BEFORE IT
GOT
HIT..
Literally seconds
later..impact..Cole was pushed
over the guardrail while Bryant
was hit by debris...The semi's
windshield hung from a power
line...Amazingly..no one was
badly hurt..and this morning the
group was heading on to
Philadelphia -- and then to
Florida -- only now they don't
have a food truck..
JORDAN COLE: WE'RE GONNA BUY
SOME TENTS..WE'RE GONNA BUY SOME
GRILLS..WE'RE GONNA RENT SOME
FRYERS..AND
WE'RE JUST GONNA..WE'RE GONNA
MAKE IT HAPPEN.
You see..the food truck was how
the ministry raised money to
sponser needy
children around the
world...They've sold
300-thousand hamburgers the last
two years...But even this
morning..they found strength in
the scriptures... KENNY BRYANT:
NONE OF THESE THINGS MOVE
ME..NOT DO I
COUNT MY LIFE DEAR TO MYSELF..SO
THAT I MAY FINISH MY
RACE WITH JOY.
A race they believe will carry
them at least one more day...
JORDAN COLE: WE'RE GONNA WATCH
THE LORD PROVIDE FOR US A
TRUCK..CAUSE WE STILL GOTTA GO
TO FLORIDA..
Getting there anyway they
can...In Austintown..Gerry
Ricciutti..WKBN 27
First News... [C11]6P FIRST
