WIFE OR KID?

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" It is the choice no parent — or spouse — should ever have to make. When New Zealand woman Vanessa Horton crashed her car into a river near the family home, her husband had to make the excruciating choice between saving her or resucing his son, who was trapped in the sinking car. Silva Horton, 13, drowned in New Zealand's Whanganui River on Saturday night after the car, in which he was a front-seat passenger, came off the road and cartwheeled down a steep 32 foot bank into the water. His father, Stacy, arrived from their nearby home in Whanganui, on North Island, less than two minutes after the crash to hear his wife screaming in the darkness and the family Mazda submerged, nose-down, three feet under the surface. As his wife floundered in the water, Horton tried to dive down to the car to rescue his son, but said he could not reach the teenager. "I tried to get down and get him but I couldn't, it was just too deep. And Vanessa was going under," Mr Horton told the Dominion Post newspaper. "I made a call to pull my wife to safety. I looked back and I could see the tail-lights but it was too far and I couldn't get him," he said."

11/30/2009 10:47:56 PM

You can always make another kid with the wife

11/30/2009 10:52:34 PM

You can always make another wife with the kid

11/30/2009 10:53:30 PM

spouse

11/30/2009 10:53:41 PM

the important question: was she hot?

11/30/2009 10:54:05 PM

11/30/2009 10:54:46 PM

save them both

or die trying.

11/30/2009 10:54:53 PM

they're going to get a divorce

11/30/2009 10:55:06 PM

I, Robot did it

11/30/2009 10:55:30 PM

I could see that kind of situation absolutely wrecking a happy marriage.

11/30/2009 10:55:45 PM

hmm...

Going through the loss of your child with your wife

vs.

Going through the loss of your wife with your child

I'd rather go through the first.

11/30/2009 10:56:44 PM

I could see that kind of situation absolutely wrecking a happy mazda

11/30/2009 10:57:00 PM

I bet the kid mouthed off to the dad right before this happened

11/30/2009 10:57:05 PM

^^Dude I have a mazda

11/30/2009 10:57:32 PM

holy shit you are terrible people.

11/30/2009 10:58:23 PM

At least when your wife dies you have an excuse to go Lethal Weapon.

11/30/2009 10:58:32 PM

you cant bwn your kid?



or can you

11/30/2009 10:59:19 PM

It was really just a choice between losing your wife or having a really late abortion

11/30/2009 10:59:30 PM

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"they're going to get a divorce"

11/30/2009 11:00:30 PM

car drowning

I could save wifey, child, or................MAYHORN


totally Mayhorn........damn American hero if I ever saw one

11/30/2009 11:02:44 PM

I once drove a rental car into the Hudson just to practice escaping.

11/30/2009 11:02:52 PM

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"resucing"

11/30/2009 11:15:45 PM

The wife, obviously. You can always make more babies.

11/30/2009 11:17:05 PM

daughter or son?


and how old is the daughter?

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

[Edited on November 30, 2009 at 11:18 PM. Reason : i mean wife might not be in the condition to bear another child]

11/30/2009 11:17:47 PM

GIRLFRIEND OR MILLER LITE?

11/30/2009 11:17:59 PM

HIGH LI-

fuck GIRLFRIEND

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

11/30/2009 11:18:38 PM

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"holy shit you are terrible people."

I would hate to have to make a decision like that. Then imagine having a story written about it so everyone who reads it can judge the one you made.

11/30/2009 11:20:34 PM

go back in time and marry a woman who can swim.

11/30/2009 11:24:38 PM

go back in time and marry a woman who can swim drive.

11/30/2009 11:27:59 PM

go back in time and leave your kid at home so you still look like a badass

11/30/2009 11:28:45 PM

^^good luck finding one

[Edited on November 30, 2009 at 11:29 PM. Reason : ^]

11/30/2009 11:28:56 PM

I set em up, ndmetcal knocks em down

11/30/2009 11:29:32 PM

it's always a team effort here on tdub

11/30/2009 11:30:18 PM

kill yourself

11/30/2009 11:30:47 PM

Micheal Phelps would not have to make that choice, for obvious reasons



[Edited on November 30, 2009 at 11:35 PM. Reason : .]

11/30/2009 11:33:42 PM

11/30/2009 11:34:10 PM

cause he'd bee too stoned to get it up?

11/30/2009 11:34:30 PM

12/1/2009 7:55:42 AM

this thread is stupid, as is the article:

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"As his wife floundered in the water, Horton tried to dive down to the car to rescue his son, but said he could not reach the teenager."

sounds like he didn't have a choice at all...so the option is really:

1.) save your wife, since you know that'll be easy, or
2.) try to save your kid, fail, and watch as you lose your wife, too

that said, i'd probably try to save my child if i truly believe i could save either but only one...i would hope my wife would make the same choice...god willing, i'll never be in any situation like this, as a victim or potential rescuer

12/1/2009 8:12:19 AM

My miller lite.

12/1/2009 8:45:42 AM

What if one of the two to be saved was the president of the United States (one you liked and admired)? Ah, ethical dilemmas.

12/1/2009 9:21:08 AM

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"I would hate to have to make a decision like that. Then imagine having a story written about it so everyone who reads it can judge the one you made."

12/1/2009 9:44:14 AM

you're supposed to love your spouse more than your children

12/1/2009 9:52:39 AM

you fuckin morons obviously don't have kids

12/1/2009 9:54:11 AM

If the kid showed a lot of promise and I thought he had a chance at a bright future, I'd save him

If he looked like he was going to be end up as just some mediocre average dipshit, I'd save the wife

Unless the wife had gotten fat, then I would save the kid, and I'd have a good excuse as to why I didn't save the wife

12/1/2009 9:55:46 AM

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"you fuckin morons obviously don't have kids"

read ephesians

12/1/2009 11:45:30 AM

OH NOES DA BIBLE!!!11!1111!111!!!!!!!!1

12/1/2009 12:54:39 PM

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"What if one of the two to be saved was the president of the United States (one you liked and admired)? Ah, ethical dilemmas."

can't believe "but what if the kid was RONALD REAGAN" actually went through your head lol

12/1/2009 12:57:21 PM

I'd like to think I'd value my child's life over mine and so would my husband

12/1/2009 12:59:53 PM

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"Unless the wife had gotten fat, then I would save the kid,"

wtf thats horrible

12/1/2009 12:59:59 PM