this man and his two children and a family friend decided to go up the canyon and go skiing for the day on new year's eve, and on their way up the canyon hit a patch of ice and lost control in a bend in the road and ended upside down in these freezing waters in the logan river. >> the picture i'm seeing, the car is right-side up. were all of those bystanders able to right the car or move the car to get them out? >> they did. about eight individuals ran into the water, and after shooting out a window, where they could get ahold of the car and grab on to its doors and oepen the door, they managed to flip the car over, fighting the current of the water, i understand, right the car and were able to get these children out. >> how's the dad doing? by the way, i think i heard his mom, or the kids' mom found out by phone? she was at work at the time? is that correct? >> that's right. so the parents -- the parents spoke with us last night as a press conference at the hospital, and everyone is doing