article_snippet: (CNN)The odds seemed almost impossibly stacked against Lily, but Lily survived.
article_snippet: Rescuers found the toddler Saturday, hanging upside down in Lily mother's car, which had flipped into a frigid Utah river a day before.
article_snippet: If the wreck occurred when police believe the wreck did, Lily may have been there for as many as 14 hours.
article_snippet: Lily's mother, Lynn Jennifer Groesbeck, died in the crash.
article_snippet: Lily was 25 years old.
article_snippet: How did Lily 18-month-old survive?
article_snippet: Lily was in the proper car seat for Lily age and the car seat appears to have been properly attached.
article_snippet: Even though the child was trapped and upside down, Lily body remained in the car seat and above the frigid water.
article_snippet: Ironically, the cold might have actually helped Lily survive, said Walsh.
highlights_snippet: Lily's 25-year-old mother, Lynn Jennifer Groesbeck, died in the crash .
  