Navy Construction Workers Help Young Family

A convoy of U.S. Navy Seabees,the service's legendary construction battalions,happened across an horrific wreck on California 101,north of Santa Barbara,on Thursday.A semi truck had rear-ended a BMW sedan driven by Kelly Lynn Groves,36,a first grade teacher,who was accompanied by her two daughters,Sage,10, and Mila,10 months.The impact crunched the car to practically nothing and pushed it over a concrete retaining wall,leaving first responders with a very precarious task.
The semi truck had careened off the highway and plunged 100 feet into a ravine below,killing the truck driver.As the firefighters and others attempted to rescue the young family in the BMW,it kept slipping little by little over the edge,threatening the mother and daughters with the same fate as the truck driver,Charles Allison.
Incredibly,a convoy of Navy Seabees,clad in their camouflage uniforms,arrived by chance exactly when they were needed,with exactly what was needed-a heavy duty forklift with a telescoping arm.The forklift can lift up to 11,000 pounds.They managed to stabilize the vehicle with it so the first responders could extract Ms.Groves and her girls.
One of the Seabees explained that they are trained to adapt and overcome any obstacle.They once again proved that they are fully capable of doing just that.
The Seabees have a base at Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme,which is part of Naval Base Ventura County.It is the West Coast homeport of the Seabees.The name "Seabees" is derived from "C.B.s,"for "Construction Battalions."