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Angela Chao, Sen. Mitch McConnell’s billionaire sister-in-law, spent her last minutes alive frantically calling her friends for help as her Tesla slowly sank in a pond on a remote Texas ranch, according to a report.
Chao, the billionaire former CEO of dry bulk shipping giant Foremost Group, tragically died at the age of 50 on Feb. 10 after accidentally backing her car into the pond while making a three-point turn.
The driving mishap was detailed in a report by The Wall Street Journal that shed light on the chaotic rescue efforts that ultimately came up short, turning what was supposed to be a celebratory weekend with friends into a nightmare.
After eating dinner together and celebrating the Chinese New Year on Friday night, Chao left the guesthouse around 11:30 p.m. to head back to the main house, where her son was sleeping. It was cold out, so she decided to take her Tesla Model X SUV for the four-minute drive rather than walk.
But within minutes, she called one of her friends in a panic. While making a K-turn, she put the car in reverse instead of drive, she told them. While going backwards, the car went over an embankment and into a pond — and was sinking fast.
Her friends immediately ran to help and one woman jumped in the pond, the Journal reported. The property’s ranch manager and his wife came outside after hearing the commotion and somebody called 911.
Blanco County emergency units finally arrived at 12:28 a.m. — a full 24 minutes after they received the call, according to an incident report obtained by the paper. Due to the rugged terrain, a number of responders got out of their cars and walked to the scene.
One responder described the Tesla as completely submerged. Sheriff’s deputies even stood on top of it during the rescue efforts, trying to bust open a window.
According to the incident report, a dive team was needed but none were available.
A tow truck arrived to pull the car out of the pond but it didn’t have a cable long enough to reach the vehicle, which was much farther out in the pond than responders had anticipated.
A longer cable was finally retrieved. At least one tow truck driver, however, said he was afraid of being electrocuted by the electric vehicle, a person at the scene told the paper.
Death of Mitch McConnell’s billionaire sister-in-law Angela Chao under ‘criminal investigation’ weeks after Texas crash
A two-man rescue crew eventually pulled Chao from the car around 12:56 a.m., police said. Hundreds of gallons of water gushed out from the car when the doors were open.
Everyone has a soul.
originally posted by: F2d5thCavv2
a reply to: duncanagain
Everyone has a soul.
I don't believe that. I think the big reason NPCs are the way they are is that they lack a soul. They are but an organic shell lacking illumination within.
Cheers
This story is still off to me and given the fact that at the same time this occurred that retail violent crime gang was connected to Chinese shipping agents, seems weird that she (a Shipping company's head) dies.
Congressional probe finds communications gear in Chinese cranes, raising spying concerns
House lawmakers found that the equipment installed on the cranes — cellular modems that can be used for remote communication — were not documented in any contract between US ports and Chinese crane maker ZPMC, a congressional aide familiar with the investigation told CNN. When US port personnel went to China to inspect the cranes, the modems were already installed, the aide said.
originally posted by: Ektar
a reply to: nugget1
Thank you I have been there for a few weeks but I haven't had enough time yet to check it out. I did see many of
ATS there...I didn't mention it because I wasn't sure if it was invite only or not. I got a PM from our fabulous DTOM!
So I'm very thankful to see it mentioned here...what about Dashen's site, are we going there too?
Cheers
Ektar
originally posted by: Thoughtful3
a reply to: Guyfriday
I'm pressed on time today but this is just so desperate.
Biden secretly flew 320,000 illegals from Latin America into 43 cities across the U.S.
Seriously how many more do they need to steal the next election?