A young Australian woman from 23 years old he lived a dramatic experience, remaining stuck for good seven hours upside down in a crevasse in the region ofHunter Valley (north of Sydney, Australia)while trying to recover his mobile phone accidentally dropped. The accident, which occurred on October 12was only made known later by the service New South Wales Ambulance. The girl was walking with some friends on a private property in Lagoona small town about 120 kilometers from Sydneywhen his phone slipped between two rocks. In an attempt to grab it, she fell into a three-meter crevasse, becoming stuck in a narrow space that was impossible for her friends to reach.
Due to the lack of telephone signalthe companions had to leave to look for help, while the young woman remained trapped. Peter Wattsone of the first paramedics of the NSW Ambulance to arrive on site, he told the CNN the difficulties faced: “I had never seen a similar situation and I immediately asked myself how we could get her out of there.”
The rescue operations, which lasted approximately seven hoursthey involved police, firefighters and a group of volunteersall busy trying to free the young woman. Rescuers advised her to remain still to prevent her from slipping further. It was essential to remove the surrounding rocks without making the situation worse. “Every boulder we moved could pose a danger, if it fell in the wrong place it risked hitting her,” Watts explained.
After removing six large stonesthe rescue team managed to reach the feet of the young woman, who remained extraordinarily calm despite the critical situation. The rescuers’ main concern was the impact of the time spent upside down on her blood circulation. “The last boulder, weighing approx 500 kiloswas particularly difficult to remove,” Watts explained, recounting the use of a winch and timber to stabilize the rocks.
Once the largest obstacle had been removed, rescuers performed a meticulous maneuver to extract the 23-year-old from the crevasse. She was exhausted and dizzy from the buildup of blood in the head, but almost miraculously he suffered only minor scratches and bruises. She was subsequently transported to hospital for further checks.
His mobile phone he remained trapped among the rocks, a silent witness to an episode that could have had much more serious consequences.