woman found alived //8 days in a car

[almaty 19]

A Seattle-area woman was in critical condition today after being pulled from the wreckage of her crashed SUV, where she spent eight days while her frantic husband implored police to search for her.

Tanya Rider, 33, was found yesterday at the bottom of a steep ravine after authorities were able to trace a signal from her cell phone.

"All I know is that she's here and she's alive, and that, in itself, is a miracle," her husband, Tom Rider, told CNN this morning.

"She's alive after eight days. If God was going to take her, he would have taken her before that," he said.

Tom Rider, of Maple Valley, Wash., reported his wife missing after she didn't come home from work Sept. 19. Security video showed her leaving her job at a grocery store in Bellevue and getting into her car.

Tom Rider told CNN police had begun to suspect him in his wife's disappearance. He was about to take a lie-detector test yesterday morning when police got a break in the case.

"By the time he was done explaining the polygraph test to me, the detective burst into the room with a cell phone map that had a circle on it," Tom Rider said.

He said the detective started explaining the blip that came in to an area cell phone tower and within minutes, news arrived that Tanya Rider had been found.

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>Tanya Rider's sport utility vehicle had plunged about 20 feet into a ravine. The vehicle landed in a heavy brush and blackberry bushes. Rescuers had to cut off the SUV's roof to extract the injured woman.

"She looks very pale, very dehydrated. She didn't have a lot of cuts but had difficulty breathing," said State Patrol spokesman Jeff Merrill.

Tanya Rider was in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center. Her husband said she was suffering from kidney failure and she could lose a leg.

Tom Rider blamed police red tape for the delay in finding his wife. He said he first reported her missing to Bellevue police, but they told him he had to contact King County authorities.

"The first operator I talked to on the first day I tried to report it flat denied to start a missing persons report because she didn't meet the criteria," he told CNN. "I basically hounded them until they started a case."

A King County Sheriff's spokesman said the agency had followed standard procedure in refusing to file a missing persons report on an adult who had not been gone long.

"Not showing up at home is not illegal," said Deputy Rodney Chinnick.

But he acknowledged the Riders had gone through "a terrible, terrible experience

[Ban Hammer 13,345]

sniff sniff....i smell a lawsuit

[almaty 19]

sniff sniff....i smell a lawsuit

same here....8 days..and may loose a limb...

[one...two...tree 2,762]

sniff sniff....i smell a lawsuit

same here....8 days..and may loose a limb...

I listened to an interview with the husband this morning. He traced back her routed himself several times, but the brush that she drove through swept back into place, showing no trace of the car going through. I hope she makes it...her kidneys started shutting down.

[almaty 19]

sniff sniff....i smell a lawsuit

same here....8 days..and may loose a limb...

I listened to an interview with the husband this morning. He traced back her routed himself several times, but the brush that she drove through swept back into place, showing no trace of the car going through. I hope she makes it...her kidneys started shutting down.

same here... i

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

"Not showing up at home is not illegal," said Deputy Rodney Chinnick.

No sh!t. He wasn't asking for her to be arrested... only looked for.

[Jasman0717 9]

I was reading this in the morning posts on Excite

[Mags 112]

Poor woman, I hope she pulls through.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

The husband said this morning that he's not mad at the police, just the procedures that they are required to follow in a missing persons case - where the husband is immediately suspect.

Doctor was also interviewed - she said the skin sores on her from her seat belt are so severe that she's probably going to need some skin graft.

[Nearly Done 8]

I will prayer she pulls through, what a miracle she was even found.

There was a local business man here who had a simialr accident about 3 months ago. His son Robert went out to look for him and by chance saw the colour of his truck through the brush. Sadly his father had died:( he had taken his tie off and wrapped it around a leg wound, he had bled to death. He was found around 7 hours after the accident.

Margy

[brtlmj 0]

A lawsuit would - and should - be lost. The police cannot afford to look for every adult that does not come home. If the husband himself drove past the accident site and saw nothing, then hardly anyone can be accused of negligence.

Localizing a cell phone signal is another story. My opinion is that privacy laws are there for a reason, and phone companies should not check location of anyone when his/her spouse requests it. Actually, maybe I should sign a statement authorizing exactly that and give it to my wife? I am not planning to run away...

Anyway, I hope the woman survives.

[Caladan 19]

The husband said this morning that he's not mad at the police, just the procedures that they are required to follow in a missing persons case - where the husband is immediately suspect.

Doctor was also interviewed - she said the skin sores on her from her seat belt are so severe that she's probably going to need some skin graft.

Unfortunately I think the procedures are usually pretty well justified. If the spouse leaves, it's because they want to (divorce, or sadly, abuse), and if they've gone 'missing', it's usually not because of a freakish car crash that left no signs anywhere of a crash.

Thank God the guy dug in and kept at it.

[almaty 19]

A lawsuit would - and should - be lost. The police cannot afford to look for every adult that does not come home. If the husband himself drove past the accident site and saw nothing, then hardly anyone can be accused of negligence.

Localizing a cell phone signal is another story. My opinion is that privacy laws are there for a reason, and phone companies should not check location of anyone when his/her spouse requests it. Actually, maybe I should sign a statement authorizing exactly that and give it to my wife? I am not planning to run away...

Anyway, I hope the woman survives.

yeah,..thanks counselor

[Mags 112]

Thank God the guy dug in and kept at it.

Yup, his instincts were spot on.