‘God showed up’: Community says it was a miracle everyone survived softball bus rollover
By Jason Burger
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MINCO, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A full 24 hours after a softball bus crash ejected and injured several players and coach, families in Minco are still in disbelief.
Five people were ejected from the bus, and seven people were hurt. But there were no deaths reported in the crash.
While still shaken from the rollover, the town of Minco chose praise over pain. Parents, students, players and law enforcement call it a miracle.
“How great thou art. How great thou art,” a crowd sang during a prayer vigil at the Minco softball field.
Every person on the bus survived. Some have stitches, crutches and casts, and others remain in the hospital. But in Minco, they chose to sing.
“And my heart will sing,” sang the crowd.
Minco is not just a community. They look at it like one big family.
That was the mentality of career educator, Ann Frisbie, who planted her roots in Minco, spending almost four decades in the classroom.
“You go to your second 10 years, and then low and behold, your third 10 years you’re starting to get teachers where you had their parents,” Frisbie, who taught at Minco for 38 years, said.
Retired now, Frisbie said all of the facts and curriculum in the world don’t explain how every softball player and person on the bus was able to survive.
“God showed up, because that’s the only way those kids could be all OK,” Frisbie said.
It all hits way too close to home.
“When you hear the bus flipped, you’re like, ‘Oh my goodness’ — and then God showed up,” Frisbie said. “As a cheer sponsor, I would be driving the cheer girls behind the buses, and thinking, ‘Oh, please coaches don’t be so tired that…you know?'”
Now, the healing begins — physically and emotionally — and athletes are wondering what the future holds.
“There were quite a few good athletes on that team, and so it breaks your heart that their season is over, and a couple of them are seniors,” Frisbie said.
Classes at Minco were canceled on Tuesday, but they will be back in session on Wednesday.
The superintendent said some of the players and a coach are still in the hospital.
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