Father Patrick Dowling of the Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City who prayed with car crash victim Katie Lentz near Center, Missouri last month will meet with her today at a hospital in Illinois. It is her 20th birthday.
Lentz, a Tulane University student from Illinois suffered numerous injuries in the August 4 crash.
The story has received widespread attention. Emergency responders spent an hour trying to remove Lentz from her wrecked car when the priest appeared with anointing oil and prayed with her, and then inexplicably vanished. In the meantime, a very difficult rescue operation got a lot easier.