LINCOLN COUNTY, TN (WAFF) -
It's been almost three weeks since
19-year-old Tyler Campbell lost control of his truck and crashed in a ravine on
the Alabama/Tennessee state line.
Campbell and his family expressed why this
Thanksgiving is even more meaningful than ever.
Campbell spent three days in the ravine,
trapped, with broken bones and just the water in his taillight. He managed to
climb to the side of Interstate 65 where a trucker spotted him and called 911.
Campbell's family said it's been an emotional
three weeks for everyone.
"I appreciate life a lot more. I am thankful
for life. It's a special thing," said Campbell.
His family said they've grown closer, though,
and are seeing things different.
"I'll never take my
family for granted and not that I did in the past, but it's just sweeter
somehow," said Campbell's father, Lee Campbell.
His family said there are not enough words to
express how grateful they are.
"I have a complete family and it absolutely
didn't have to be that way," said Lee Campbell. "I could be missing my son. Me
and my wife and youngest son could be trying to have a Thanksgiving with Tyler
not here."
For Campbell, he said being here on
Thanksgiving is nothing short of a gift from God.
"Don't take things
for granted because tomorrow might not be here. You never know."
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