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AINSLEY: AN OKLAHOMA FATHER IS
COUNTING HIS BLESSINGS AFTER HIS
PICKUP GOES UP IN FLAMES A FEW
FEET AWAY FROM HIS HOUSE AS YOU
CAN SEE.
NO ONE THANKFULLY WAS INJURED IN
THE INCIDENT.
IT HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS BEFORE
CHRISTMAS.
THE FAMILY FINDING A SIGN OF
HOPE HOWEVER, FROM THE WRECKAGE.
THE MAN’S CHILDHOOD BIBLE WAS
LEFT PRETTY MUCH UNSCATHED
INSIDE OF THE TRUCK.
JOINING US IS THE TRUCK’S OWNER.
STEVE GOTT.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
AINSLEY: TELL US WHAT HAPPENED?
TWO WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, YOU
LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, HOW DID
YOU DISCOVER YOUR TRUCK WAS ON
FIRE?
>> ACTUALLY I WAS, WE WENT OUT
TO THE GARAGE TO PUT SOME GIFTS
AWAY, THAT WAY THE KIDS WOULDN’T
KNOW THAT WE HAD BOUGHT THEM,
AND ONE OF THE KIDS CAME OUT TO
THE GARAGE AND HOLLERED THAT THE
TRUCK WAS ON FIRE AND HORN WAS
BLOWING.
I CAME OUT OF THE GARAGE, LOOKED
LIKE THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE.
SO YOU KNOW, I WAYNE SURE WHAT
WAS GOING ON.
I RAN OUT THERE, AND SURE ENOUGH
THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE.
AINSLEY: SO WHAT DID YOU DO?
HOW DID YOU PUT THE FIRE OUT?
>> WELL YOU KNOW, AT FIRST WE
WASN’T SURE WHAT TO DO.
I WENT TO GO GRAB THE FIRE
EXTINGUISHER, COME TO FIND OUT
MY SON HAD EXTINGUISHED IT THREE
WEEKS BEFORE.
AINSLEY: OH, NO.
>> SO I HAD TO CALL 911.
AND THEY CAME OUT PRETTY QUICK.
AINSLEY: AND THEY DOUSED THE
WHOLE TRUCK WITH WATER.
AND STEVE WHAT HAPPENS.
WHAT DID YOU FIND?
YOU FOUND YOUR BIBLE?
>> WELL AT FIRST I DIDN’T THINK
THE TRUCK.
THERE WAS NOTHING SALVAGEABLE IN
I’M NOT SURE IF YOU GOT THE
VIDEOS OR NOT, BUT IT WAS JUST
TOTALLY ENGULFED WITH FLAMES.
AINSLEY: YEAH.
>> AND, YOU KNOW, AS THEY GOT
THE DRIVER’S SIDE DOOR OPEN BY
US, FIREMEN.
AINSLEY: YOU FOUND -- LET ME SEE
YOUR BIBLE.
DO YOU HAVE IT WITH YOU?
>> YEAH.
AINSLEY: THAT’S AMAZING.
LOOK AT THAT.
THAT’S INCREDIBLE.
WHAT A MIRACLE.
>> DOESN’T EVEN SMELL LIKE SMOKE
EITHER.
>> STEVE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF
KIDS.
FIVE CHILDREN.
THIS WAS YOUR ONLY
TRANSPORTATION THAT YOU HAD.
HOW CAN WE HELP YOUR FAMILY?
WHAT IS YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE?
>> WELL --
AINSLEY: GOT TO HURRY.
WE’RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
>> AT FIRST I DIDN’T WANT ANY
HELP BUT, YOU KNOW.
AINSLEY: WE WOULD LOVE TO HELP
YOU.
HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?
>> JUST BRING OUT THE WORD.