Three girls drowned in submerged Jeep - what could they have done?

Here's some advice that is easy to say but much harder to do: Don't panic.

ABC has the story. It happened in North Dakota when three Dickinson State University students and softball teammates were probably out stargazing, according to one dad. Apparently their vehicle sank in a stock pond, and the poor girls drowned. What a waste. It's reminiscent of those fatal accidents in which sea side Spring Breakers drove off ocean piers.

They had the wherewithal to make cell phone calls to some friends, but for some reason they were unable to exit the vehicle.

It's easy to sit here and say that they should have gotten out. But obviously something kept them from doing that, most likely a sense of helplessness, and the only escape device that came to mind was the cell phone.

Daddies, give your daughters these for Christmas. It fits on a key chain, it's called a ResQMe, and it contains a spring loaded spike that is supposed to shatter a car window in an emergency situation. Of course, remembering that it's dangling from the key chain and what it's for might be hard to do in a state of panic. But it wouldn't hurt to have something like that around, just in case.

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[Virtual Soul]

My mom just told me about this and blamed their GPS.
I think you right- they panicked and their first response was to make a call .. Its sad