Sketchy situation, but we made it

When we were leaving Pana we decided to splurge ($5 rather than the $2 or $3 for the chicken bus) and take a colectivo. It came and picked us up from our hotel, and luckily it wasn't quite as crunched as usual, but Garrett and I have both had a little bit of stomach problems off and on, and he was not feeling great, so being in there anyway, especially on the really bumpy roads going fast wasn't that great. We were on our way, and this country is crazy because there was construction (like dirt roads with huge pot holes all over) for like 30 miles of the main country's highway. It was such a rough ride. It was raining pretty hard off and on and it was a pretty curvy slow road anyway, going through the beautiful mountains.
All of the sudden traffic came to a stop and our driver just turned off the car and said it happens all the time, but this time was different. We soon found out that there had been a landslide, and that one of the construction vehicles had been caught in it and had been swept down to the river. They also said that 7 cars had been burried, but we later found out that no cars were in it. So, we walked up there and unlike how it would have been in America, we all could just watch a had a good view of what was going on. The other bigger Cat had driven down there and was sinking a little trying to get the other one turned over because there was still a guy in it. It took them forever to actually get it over and I kept thinking about all these 3 to 1 systems we learn about to get a stuck J-rig off some rocks that they could set up but they eventually got it over and got the guy out, but the whole cab was totally full of rocks and mud and he'd been under it all for at least 45 min so he didn't make it. It was really sad. For a while when we were just sitting in the van, this older Mexican lady was complaining about how long it was taking and I wanted to yell at her that at least it wasn't her caught in there. It was frustrating, and it really made me realize how quick something like that can happen. But don't worry, all those of you who are worried about us, we'll be fine. Molly and Jess are both on missions and I know they're praying for us, and Molly's prayers for her future husband to come home are working for sure.
They'd been working on clearing the road the whole time and decided that it wasn't going to happen that night so we had to go back to Panajachel, stay there for a couple hours and leave at 4 am and go on a different road that wasn't safe to travel at night. So, 8 hours yesterday, 3 today, and we're finally in Antigua. Luckily, blessedly we made it!