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Tragedy did not stop a University of Wisconsin Oshkosh alumnus from writing and publishing a book with his daughter about her near-death accident.

Glen Morgan ’73 and ’79, published a book in November about his daughter’s six-day entrapment in a car after a horrific accident that made national headlines in April 2014.

Kristin (Morgan) Hopkins’ car flew off a curved road in Colorado, traveling more than 140 feet into a ravine. The car was overturned and she was trapped with no food or water. Luckily, Hopkins was found and taken to a hospital just hours before she could have died. She has since been on the road to recovery.

Morgan and his daughter then wrote and published Recovery Turns Rescue about her journey from a grim situation to recovery. The book details when her family first thought she was missing, to her car being found by a passerby, to her goal to walk again after her leg amputations.

Morgan started to think about writing a book after his daughter’s accident. He and his wife took down notes and took photos of the accident. Morgan and his wife then talked with Kristin, and decided to write it with the help of a doctor who was helping with her recovery.

Hopkins was reported missing last  April 29, when she did not return home from work to her four children.

Morgan explained that a couple driving on the highway happened to be looking off into the ravine when they saw something out of the ordinary. Once the couple realized it was an overturned vehicle, they called for help.

Hopkins suffered severe injuries, such as broken feet, five broken ribs, a broken cheekbone and a lacerated liver. Injuries to her feet resulted in amputations.

Although she was able to move around the flipped car, she could not find an exit to escape through. She wrote notes on a bright colored umbrella and stuck it out the window in hopes of attracting attention.

Today, Hopkins uses bionic, prosthetic feet, and has learned to walk and stand.

“She has accepted that this is her life now,” Morgan said. “She has even enrolled in a self-defense class.”

Morgan said the book about his daughter’s accident and recovery is less about tragedy and more about the positive outlook she has on life. He said it’s a “very positive book.”  Morgan is considering writing a second book based on her more recent recovery, but there haven’t been any final decisions.

Recover Turns Rescue is available online through Amazon and is in stores, like Barnes & Noble.