Friday, 5 January 2007

Lucky to be alive

Picture courtesy BBC.

A girl of 10 survived a fall of 500 feet in the mountains at Glen Coe in Central Scotland. She had slipped while descending from the summit of Meall Mor. Her fall was broken by a small burn, although she did hit rocks on the way down. A shepherd was alerted to her plight by her cries. She was quite alert and was subsequently airlifted to hospital with a badly broken leg .

The girl had been climbing with a female relative when the pair had become separated from a group of five.

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  1. Anonymous5 January 2007 at 16:13

    VERY lucky to be alive!  Thanks for sharing...take care..
    Joyce

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  2. Anonymous5 January 2007 at 17:17

    I'm glad that the little girl is okay.  What a miracle!  
    Lori
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  3. Anonymous5 January 2007 at 23:12

    She's so lucky! I can't understand people who go climbing in this weather, especially taking a girl as young as that, it's totally irresponsible. Jeannette xx  http://journals.aol.co.uk/jlocorriere05/Welcometomytravels/  

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  4. Anonymous7 January 2007 at 02:35

    I can't understand how a group of five would be completely separated from the child.  Glad she's ok.
    Pam

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