I grieve for the kids and their families as well.

As much as we prepare, we can't prepare for everything and it's strictly up to luck, God, Karma, Murphy's inattention, etc.

Preparing as best we can only enables us to be better able to take advantage of opportunities when they happen and to minimize the hazards as much as possible.

Mythbusters did a episode on escaping from a submerged/ing car that was pretty cool.

They tested both manual and electric windows while submerged.

Oddly, the electric windows still had power but the pressure on the glass from as little as two feet or so of water was more than the little motor could handle. The manual crank was useless.

The only thing that consistently worked (other than not driving into water) was the rescue hammer and punches.

I already have a storm whistle and small flashlight on a wristcoil in my beloved's car that lives on the gear shift. I'm planning to add a rescuequick to it as well.

FYI: I have had a seatbelt latch jam on me on an older car.

Granted it was only once out of thousands of times its sucessfully released, but it's that one time while you're under water or on fire that'll get you.

I'm planning on putting a rescuequick on my key ring and daughters keyring as well. I figure the school will call me if it's discovered and a problem.

Better to beg forgivness than ask permission.

They pretty much know I'm an overprotective and paranoid father anyway. "That's just Joe, he's a little odd"

You can get away with a lot when people think you're a little off.