I got a comment from kaliko to check out the name Robert Roger. Having some free time I looked up the name online. I then come across this tragic story and a bunch of songs. I listen to the songs then the story. The story goes like this:

"Eight short months after returning from China with Alenah, we were returning from a wedding on August 30, 2003 in Wichita, Kansas (200 miles from our home in Kansas City). We had just finished our last ice cream together. An hour later, with four sleeping children in the back of our minivan, we were caught in a flash flood at night on I-35 and were washed off the highway by a raging river 6-feet high and hundreds of feet wide. After kicking out the driver’s window, three of us were instantly flushed out of the van. Our three youngest were still buckled in their car seats. When I was drowning with my family underwater in the darkness, I could literally sense the peace of God assuring me that they were all going to Heaven and that it was all going to be OK. There was no pain. There was no fear. I continued to simply trust God. Somehow, He pulled me above the rapids and over to the shore. It’s a miracle I’m alive.

By 3am, they had found our minivan a mile and a half from the highway, upside down, with my three youngest children still inside. By 10am, they had found Makenah a half-mile from the van. It wasn’t until the third excruciating day that they found my beautiful wife, Melissa – two miles from the highway in a retention pond.

I was the only survivor. Even as I identified each of their cold, wet bodies, I had peace through the pain and tears – because of Jesus. He conquered death and removed the sting. In the worst moment of my life, God’s presence was the sweetest it’s ever been. From the first to the last icecream, God blessed our family with sweet fillings and a life of “No Regrets.” His purpose through me is not finished yet. I believe I miraculously survived and am alive to tell the remarkable testimony of hope and God's grace through tragedy. God can bring beauty from ashes. There is peace through Jesus. God is still good, all the time.

The hope, peace, and comfort of God are available to all of us. It’s up to us to make a choice to receive His free Heavenly gifts. Today, accept Jesus’ Resurrection gift of eternal life. Trust him, and have peace."

At first I thought it was a great story as to how to be ok through the lord in the face of a tragedy. Though one thing kept bothering me. He said, "When I was drowning with my family underwater in the darkness, I could literally sense the peace of God... I had no fear" That just sounded just so illogical. I mean, even for the most committed christian, that seemed odd to me. So I decided to see what the news reported on the incident. I come across http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/1329282.html They report the story as the following:

Turnpike Tragedy: What Really Happened? For the trooper who worked the scene of the turnpike flood it's a night he will never forget. Part of what still bothers him about the incident is how his story and Robert Rogers' story are so different.

You've heard his story of the tragic night Robert Rogers lost his entire family in a deadly flood on the Kansas Turnpike.

"We were trying to figure out a way, any possible way, we could carry four children and the thought of any one of us slipping or dropping a child made it not an option," said Rogers.

But for the Kansas Highway Patrol trooper first on the scene that night the story Robert Rogers tells isn't exactly what he remembers happening. He says for him the most chilling part of the whole thing is knowing Melissa and the four children didn't have to die.

"Sometimes people die and it can't be avoided and you can accept that because that's the way it is, but in some cases when you see people die and it could have been easily avoided that's disturbing," says Trooper Marc McCune from KHP.

Robert says as the van was tumbling into the water, he and his wife were calmly discussing how to escape. But what McCune says he heard at that very same time was not a quiet conversation. McCune says he heard Melissa and her children literally screaming for their lives.

"What you would describe as a blood curdling scream shear terror and horror and some more muffled screams I later learned were the Rogers' children."

After the van went over the median, Rogers says he kicked out the driver's window, was sucked out of the van, then walked about a mile toward the lights of the turnpike to get help. He found Trooper McCune.

"He didn't get within shouting distance and start screaming at the top of his lungs. He walked all that way and said, 'I've lost my family,' in just that tone," says Trooper McCune in a calm tone.

McCune says he thought Robert was one of the bystanders because he was so calm and clean.

"I have questions about how he remained so uninjured. When he approached me he wasn't bruised, bleeding, no broken bones, lacerations, he wasn't muddy, there wasn't any grass on him after walking through that grassy pasture."

For the next three days McCune says he visited Robert at the hospital to keep him updated on the search and rescue efforts. Three days after the flood Melissa's body was found. McCune is still amazed at what he says was Rogers' reaction to the news.

"As soon as I walked into the room he looked down and saw the purse and he said, 'Good you found her purse,' and I said, 'Yea, but we found her too Robert.' And he said, 'Oh that's a relief, that's good, I'm glad but he said I need to see her purse because it's got a GPS in there and it's supposed to be waterproof 50 meters guaranteed and I'm curious to see if it still works,' and that totally set me back," McCune said.

McCune also asked Rogers for a witness statement in the hospital to aid in the investigation. It was filled with thank yous and scriptures but few facts about that night. So the trooper asked for another one. McCune says it took two more requests to get another statement and it still wasn't what he needed.

"It was a combination of a sermon, a summary of his family and a lot of regurgitation of things that had already been reported in the media, some of which were accurate and some weren't," McCune said.

For now the case is closed. No charges have been filed.

"There's no even suggestion that anyone did anything with intent or obviously planned this in anyway, but there's still somethings that just don't match up," McCune said.

McCune acknowledges the whole truth will never be known.

"The only people that do know are Robert Rogers and the other people that are all dead and can't speak," says McCune.

McCune was even diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder after the accident.

"I cried a million tears, it was hard."

So what does Robert Rogers have to say about McCune's version of that night? Rogers thought about a response for several days. He chose not to comment publicly. Previously though, Rogers told us it was God's decision to take his family that night.

"We were covered by the Lord. He could have spared us," said Rogers.

Since the flood, Rogers has tried to turn this tragedy into a ministry, spreading his faith and setting up a foundation that donates portions of his proceeds to organizations like Children Mercy Hospital and Children's Hope International.

"I knew my family was going to heaven," Rogers said. "If more can go because of this, that's the greatest good."

And as for the trooper's observation that Rogers looked unscathed, Rogers says he did have minor scrapes and bruises and feels it's a miracle he didn't have more injuries. He also tells us he doesn't remember talking about the GPS in the hospital. McCune hopes by coming forward with his story people will better understand the dangers of flood waters."

So after reading the story, I think I know what happened. I think Roger interpretted what happened as something from God because he couldn't handle what really happened. We call it cognitive dissonance in psychology. In this case, it benefited him by helping him cope with a tragedy that would've tramatized most. I mean, its great that he did something about it instead of crying like I would've. Its just that maybe he isn't as in touch with reality as he would have you think. Or maybe its me who is lost and just don't understand God and his power. I dunno, I'm still thinking that out. I got to go. Let me know what you think. Thanks kaliko.