FENTON, Mo. — Employees at a martial arts business in Fenton rushed to save a mother and her twin eight-month-old babies after their vehicle was struck during a police pursuit involving federal officers on Interstate 44 in Fenton.

Surveillance video captured the moment a car being pursued by the DEA and Homeland Security struck the woman’s car on Wednesday.

Those who helped rescue them said it was a miracle they walked away alive.

The woman’s car flipped multiple times from the interstate, over the fence, and onto South Highway Drive before it landed in front of Xtreme Krav Maga & Fitness in Fenton. 

“All of a sudden, I heard a car crash, screeching noise, and my fellow employee, Lindsay, was here at the front counter, and she said, ‘Oh, that’s not good,'” said Dustin Pluth, a manager at the business.

Within seconds, Pluth sprang into action, running outside to the car.

“It was just kind of an instinct thing. Once I saw the car rolling, coming to a halt, and running up to it, I found a mom and two babies inside,” he said.

Pluth cut the mom’s seatbelt off to get her out and pulled her twin babies out of the sunroof. Then another employee, Lindsay Cross, comforted the mom while walking them inside to get warm.

“She was very terrified of just being in a car wreck number one, not knowing what was going on. She didn’t know what the outcome was, and then she was obviously worried about her kids,” Pluth said.

The business offers self-defense and martial arts classes, as well as medical training and trauma-one classes, which teach people how to become first responders.

Pluth said it’s training that helped them rescue the family.

“Luckily, the good people in this scenario had a few scratches on them, but it could’ve been a worse Christmas. And as a dad, kids being injured is the worst fear ever,” he said.

Of all places for a car accident to end, Pluth said it was the best result of a bad situation.

“She got handled and cared for, and the babies were cared for probably as quickly as we possibly could do. It’s definitely a Christmas miracle that it happened here, and they came as unscathed as possible,” Pluth said.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said several suspects were taken into custody following the federal police pursuit.

Pluth said the mom was a little banged up, but thankfully, they’re all doing well.

MINNEAPOLIS — A neighborhood bar in south Minneapolis is sharing a popular recipe and announcing the return of a favorite holiday tradition.

Merlin’s Rest, which has been in the Longfellow neighborhood for nearly two decades, will host its annual pub carol singalong on Sunday, Dec. 22·from 2 to 4 p.m.

Merlin’s not only has the most extensive selection of single malt Scotch and Irish whiskey in the state, but it also serves award-winning pub classics like bangers and mash and authentic fish and chips.

Owner Tracie Munce joined KARE 11 Saturday to discuss the upcoming singalong and share a dish.

• 3lb ribeye roast
• ¾ cups Beef Stock
• Steak seasoning
• 1 ¼ lb crimini mushroom
• ½  shallots
• ¼  onion
• 4 Tbls garlic
• 1 long stalks of rosemary
• 1 TBS bisto gravy mix mixed with 1 TBS cold water
• 1 cups water mixed with 1TBS beef base and 1 TBS garlic base
• 8oz  of sliced and diced thinly Ham
• Puff pastry sheets

Coat thawed ribeye with oil and sprinkle steak seasoning all over the roast, cook each side for about 5-8 minutes then transfer to a roaster with about 1-2 cups of beef stock, fat side up. Cover with aluminum foil and roast at 350 degrees for 2 hours – remove from the roaster and let rest – save the juice for gravy.

Clean and quarter mushrooms and place into a food processor, pulse into a small dice. Rough chop shallot and add into the mushroom, pulse a few more times. 

Remove rosemary leaves from stem & rough chop, combine with mushrooms and shallots

In a large skillet add 1 Tbs butter and add the mushroom mixture, cook on medium-high heat until all the water has evaporated, about 15 minutes, put in a large bowl

Cube beef, take off fat, and add to the mushroom bowl

Thin, long slices of ham then chop and to beef and mushroom mixture. Salt and Pepper (about 1TBS of each) and combine

Dice onion and garlic and sauté in 1TBS butter until just browning, add juice from roasting the ribeye and about 1 cup of Beef stock. Let boil then add slowly the bisto slurry to thicken. Add a small amount of gravy mixture to the beef mixture to moisten – do not need much gravy. 

Cut pastry into large squares and place into jumbo muffin tin. Add ½ cup of meat & mushroom mixture and pull puff over top of meat, pinching to seal everything in. Brush top with egg, and sprinkle with smoked paprika. Bake for 25-30 mins at 350

Add your side of choice with Wellington pie and a side of gravy.

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — There might not be anything more heartfelt at the holidays, than homemade gifts. While cookies might be your go-to… how about mixing things up, with a homemade drink mix?

Jamie Preuss from So Happy You Liked It joined KARE 11 Saturday to demonstrate how to DIY a hot buttered rum mix and homemade Irish cream.

• 1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened 
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon1 tsp nutmeg

• 1 oz dark rum
• 6-8 oz hot water

Using a hand mixer, combine all ingredients except ice cream.

Once combined, add softened ice cream, and blend to thoroughly mix in. 

Freeze the mixture for at least 2 hours. 

In a mug, combine hot water, rum, and 1 heaping spoonful of mixture. Stir to dissolve.    

• 2 T cocoa powder
• 2 t instant espresso
• 1 t vanilla
• 1 t almond  
• 14 oz can of sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup cream
• 1 1/2 cup Irish whiskey, optional

Mix cocoa and espresso powder with 2 tablespoons of hot water and mix to combine. 

Add all ingredients except the cream to a blender (including whiskey if you are using it), and blend to fully combine. 

Add the cream to the blender and pulse to combine. Don’t blend

too long because this will start to aerate the cream and make the drink super thick!

Transfer to 1 large or several smaller flip-top glass jars. Give them as gifts or keep them for yourself! 

The mix will keep in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.