- I thought her bathingsuit had gotten caught

and entangled into the prop.

And in that moment I wastrying to just help her up.

I was like "Oh, maybe that's what it is,"

and then I realized she was drowning.

- [Narrator] Memorial dayweekend 2019, Phil Dorn,

along with his wife, Leanne,

and daughter, Chelsea, enjoya day of boating with friends

in Destin, Florida.

- Eight of us set outfor a little bit of time

in the Destin Harbor and Crab Island,

and some of the fun spots

on the water here in the Destin area.

- [Narrator] Towards the end of the day

Leanne and Chelsea wentswimming one last time.

Moments later, Chelseanoticed her mom under water

and began screaming for help.

- I wasn't real sure what had happened

until I got to the back of the boat

and saw Leanne basicallyimpaled up against the back

of the boat, into the blades of the motor

- [Narrator] Leanne hadslipped off the ladder

and fallen onto the propeller,

which was still spinning.

They struggled toseparate her from the prop

before finally getting herback on the boat minutes later.

- And all I could thinkabout at that moment

was we've taken too long.

This is too long of a rescue, too much,

and it just hit me rightthen it wasn't happening.

- My mom was not breathing at all.

I gave her two rescue breaths,

and in those rescue breaths

she did cough and open her eyes.

I felt a slight sense of hopeand relief in that moment,

and immediately justgrabbed onto her organs

because I knew that we had to keep them in

and close to her body as we could.

- [Narrator] Heartbroken and overwhelmed,

Phil turned to God for help.

- I started praying on the boat

when I was holding herup by her shoulders.

I knew we were in a verydifficult time and moment.

So many thoughts are going through you,

but I was praying for my wife,

and I was praying for my daughter,

and my son too because you just don't know

what's going on at that moment.

- [Narrator] They rushed Leanne to shore,

where they were met byemergency responders.

Chelsea called her brother Carl

and told him to get to the scene.

- They blocked off a huge area,

and then when I saw the helicopter come in

that's when I kind of realized

how serious it actually was.

- [Narrator] When theyarrived at the hospital

they were told theseverity of her injuries.

- And then she said "Mr.Dorn, I need to tell you

"that there's nothing we cando for your wife right now."

And she said "She's too unstable,

"and all we can do is tryto keep her comfortable."

At that moment all we can do,

and I told them all we cando is to start to pray,

and to get as many peopleto pray with us as we could.

That was the only resourcewe had to help my wife.

- I was texting my really close friends,

and we contacted family members.

They started to pray.

And at that point they reachedout to their church groups

who started to pray.

There were thousands ofprayers from all over the world

that started to come in for my mom.

It was beautiful.

- [Narrator] Leanne clung to life.

She had a collapsed lung from drowning,

and her kidneys had shut down.

Doctors were able toperform emergency surgery.

Then a second surgery followed

that flushed the saltwater from her abdomen.

Thankfully her kidneys quickly revived.

- And we saw firsthand the waythat those prayers helped us.

I'm beyond grateful

- [Narrator] Before bringing her out

of the medically induced coma,

doctors did an EEG

and discovered burst suppressions,

a condition that causes brain damage,

and eventually leads to death.

The family's prayers intensified.

- I just rememberweeping, just begging God

that I would do anythingif she would be okay.

It was just weird.

It was just like all of a sudden

everything that I was worriedabout just kind of went away.

And that was like the first time my life

I actually ever felt

more than just saying stuff,

I actually ever felt God.

- [Narrator] The next day a second EEG

provided a miraculous report.

- The neurosurgeon cameback in the room and said

"This was unbelievable,

"but we've found no burst suppressions,

"and we can see no damage at this time."

And she said "You have to understand

"this just doesn't happen."

- Our family doctor told us

"There's no medical explanation to this.

"Absolutely none.

"You just witnessed amiracle," were his exact words.

- [Narrator] Leanne soon stabilized.

She spent 12 days in the ICU,

and was discharged on day 16.

Her journey hasn't been easy,

but all involved experiencedthe power of prayer

and God's goodness duringtheir time of need.

- I truly know that it was prayer

and God who saved me, absolutely.

I believe it was, it wasthe faith behind the prayers

that God heard and God saved me.

And I'm a million percenthappy that I'm still here, yes.

- Now she gets to meet her granddaughter,

and gets to be here for weddings,

and gets to be a partof things that I thought

I wasn't gonna get to have my mom for.

- When you ask me how is she today?

I think she's fantastic

because I remember that moment.

I remember those moments.

For me it's miraculous tosee where she's come from

from that moment in ICU to what I see now.

We all realize that it was God

that performed all these things,

and we were fortunate to bea part of it and to see it.