The Current powered by Kim Komando
May 26, 2026 · 10 min · 10 segments
Trapped upside down in a sinking car in freezing water. 19-year-old Andi Burns thought it was the end. Until her Apple Watch called 911. Listen here for her incredible story of survival. Learn more…
Kim KomandoHostAndi BurnsGuestAndrewHostHi.
No, I had no idea.
Wow.
So you probably thought...
What, what, what was going through your mind then?
Just that this isn't real, it's not happening.
Like, I was freaking out, it was freezing.
You know, just, I don't even know.
So if you didn't know your watch had called 911, how were you trying to survive? Were you just keeping your nose and mouth above water to breathe, or were you actively trying to get out of the truck?
Um, at first I was trying to get out of the truck, but I had my seatbelt on.
And the way I was almost, like, held up, I couldn't find the buckle to get the seatbelt undone.
So I just kinda l- almost laid there and just waited.
Did you accept that this was the end, or did you think, "Someone's bound to have heard or seen the crash-"
...
so someone will be there soon"?
Um, at first, I definitely thought that there was nobody that was gonna show up-
Okay
... or find me or hear me wreck or anything.
And, and like, you had what, a, uh, four inches between you and the floorboard where you were try- where you were breathing?
Yes.
Hi.
No, I had no idea.
Wow.
So you probably thought...
What, what, what was going through your mind then?
Just that this isn't real, it's not happening.
Like, I was freaking out, it was freezing.
You know, just, I don't even know.
So if you didn't know your watch had called 911, how were you trying to survive? Were you just keeping your nose and mouth above water to breathe, or were you actively trying to get out of the truck?
Um, at first I was trying to get out of the truck, but I had my seatbelt on.
And the way I was almost, like, held up, I couldn't find the buckle to get the seatbelt undone.
So I just kinda l- almost laid there and just waited.
Did you accept that this was the end, or did you think, "Someone's bound to have heard or seen the crash-"
...
so someone will be there soon"?
Um, at first, I definitely thought that there was nobody that was gonna show up-
Okay
... or find me or hear me wreck or anything.
And, and like, you had what, a, uh, four inches between you and the floorboard where you were try- where you were breathing?
Yes.
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Voice in the Darkness
She remembers the first sound of hope
No One Will Find Me
She recalls thinking no help coming tonight
Window Smash Rescue
Rescuers break in for dramatic extraction scene
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