DENVER -
Fourteen of the New Life '16' are simply glad to be alive, following the terrible accident that happened last Thursday near the Oregon/Idaho border.
The van carrying the ministers in training hit black ice and tumbled off the road killing two people on board.
The two killed were 20-year-old Joshua John Pischura of Geneva, Ohio, and 23-year-old Taune Nicole Winter Pepper of Deer Trail.
The nine women and seven men were members of the Rocky Mountain Masters Commission and on route to Portland, Oregon for a fund raising event.
Sunday, nine of the 14 survivors were warmly welcomed home at morning services. While one of the five in Boise was released from the hospital, four remain in the hospital--two are in critical condition.
Following services, four of the survivors shared their accounts of what happened during and after the accident. Javaar Howard, Brett Iserman, Keta Smith and Nicole Byrd all talked about the wreck, how they survived and how they helped their friends that icy cold morning along I-84 near Baker City, Idaho.
Thirteen people were thrown from the van, which rolled several times.
Four people remained in Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, Sunday. They were 18-year-old Katherine Pischura of Geneva, Ohio, listed in serious condition; 19-year-old Aaron Werntz of Freeport, Ill., serious; 22-year-old William Christopher Rodgers of Lakewood, serious; and 24-year-old Phillip Harris of Attalla, Ala., critical.
A hospital spokeswoman said 18-year-old Christine Aki of Golden was discharged Saturday.
The van carrying the ministers in training hit black ice and tumbled off the road killing two people on board.
The two killed were 20-year-old Joshua John Pischura of Geneva, Ohio, and 23-year-old Taune Nicole Winter Pepper of Deer Trail.
The nine women and seven men were members of the Rocky Mountain Masters Commission and on route to Portland, Oregon for a fund raising event.
Sunday, nine of the 14 survivors were warmly welcomed home at morning services. While one of the five in Boise was released from the hospital, four remain in the hospital--two are in critical condition.
Following services, four of the survivors shared their accounts of what happened during and after the accident. Javaar Howard, Brett Iserman, Keta Smith and Nicole Byrd all talked about the wreck, how they survived and how they helped their friends that icy cold morning along I-84 near Baker City, Idaho.
Thirteen people were thrown from the van, which rolled several times.
Four people remained in Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, Sunday. They were 18-year-old Katherine Pischura of Geneva, Ohio, listed in serious condition; 19-year-old Aaron Werntz of Freeport, Ill., serious; 22-year-old William Christopher Rodgers of Lakewood, serious; and 24-year-old Phillip Harris of Attalla, Ala., critical.
A hospital spokeswoman said 18-year-old Christine Aki of Golden was discharged Saturday.
