Family Calls Survival a Miracle
Published: August 22, 2007
Covered with cuts and bruises Sophia Sausser, 2, is still at the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital at Geisinger Medical Center near Danville.
She’s been there since Sunday when a car crashed into her family’s horse and buggy while trying to pass it. It happened just south of Sunbury. The collision sent Sophia, her parents and two siblings to the hospital.
“Our carriage was totally destroyed,” Sophia’s father, Harry, said. “Pretty much nothing of it was left. Most times when that happens there’s fatalities.”
Harry Sausser said he found his baby boy about 20 feet from the carriage after the crash. The infant was stuck in the spokes of a wheel, and wasn’t crying. Harry feared the worst.
“I thought that day he was going to be taken from us,” Harry said with tears in his eyes. “But it just wasn’t the Lord’s will at that time.”
Now the family calls Harry IV, who is three weeks old, the miracle baby. There’s barley a scratch on him.
While the Saussers feel lucky everyone lived through the ordeal, they think the crash could have been avoided. They hope drivers start to use more caution around horse and buggies because they know the victims might not be so lucky next time.
“We have headlights, we have turn signals, we have orange reflectors, we’re visible,” the elder Harry said. “But people need to know they need to slow down when they come up upon us and they need to take a little bit of care.”
A call to state police to check on charges against the driver was not returned.
A fund has been set up to help the Sausser family pay medical bills and other expenses. They have no insurance and injuries will likely keep them from working for a while.
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