When asked how he found the strength to lift a collapsed car off of his father, J.T. Parker says it was only one thing: “Angels.”
Stephen Parker and his sons, 8-year-old J.T. and 17-year-old Mason, were working together like boys and their dads do, on a car in their garage last July.
It took the strength of BOTH Stephen and Mason to jack the car up so that they could work underneath it.
As the three Parker men got to work on the axels, Mason cut himself and ran inside to take care of the wound. That’s when the unthinkable happened.
The jack holding up the 6,000 pound Toyota Prius gave way, and the car fell on top of Stephen, crushing him. Eight-year-old J.T. had just minutes to save his father’s life. He was the only one around and it was a strength match between a 50-pound boy, and a three-ton car.
Stephen called out to J.T. to jack the car back up, knowing full well that his son didn’t have the strength to save him. It wasn’t much longer before the pain caused Stephen to pass out.
J.T. worked tirelessly for 15 minutes, climbing and jumping on top of the jack, hoping that by some miracle, he’d be able to lift the car off of his dad.