The “White Light” Rescue: Divine Guidance Locates a Lost Child in Utah

The mountains of Utah are beautiful, but in the winter, they are unforgiving. When a car carrying a mother and her toddler veered off a steep, 50-foot embankment into a ravine, the vehicle disappeared into the thick brush and shadows. By the time the accident was reported, night had fallen, and temperatures had dropped well below freezing.

Search teams were scouring the area with flashlights, but the darkness was like a thick curtain. Lieutenant Sarah Jensen, a woman of deep and quiet faith, was leading one of the teams. She later recounted that as she stood on the edge of the road, she began to pray silently for the child’s safety. Suddenly, she saw what she described as a “shimmering white light” deep in the ravine—a glow that didn’t match the yellow beams of their flashlights.

She led her team toward that light. There, they found the car, upside down and nearly invisible from the road. Inside, the toddler was conscious and miraculously unharmed, despite the freezing air. When the rescue was complete, Jensen looked for the source of the light she had seen, but there was nothing there—no fire, no reflection, no explanation.

The story of the “White Light Rescue” went viral as a modern-day testimony of angelic guidance. To the thousands who shared the story, it was clear: Lieutenant Jensen had been granted a glimpse of the divine to ensure that not one of these “little ones” was lost. It remains one of the most shared stories of hope among law enforcement families today.