Tweet
VIDEO: Australian woman’s bungee cord snaps above African river
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...#ixzz1itV61iq9
A 22-year-old Australian thrill-seeker miraculously survived after her bungee cord snapped during a death-defying dive over crocodile infested waters in Africa on New Year's Eve, according to local reports.
Erin Laung Worth told Australia's Channel 9 that her feet were still bound together after she plummeted into the rapids below the 360-foot Victoria Falls bridge on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia.
"It went black straight away and I felt like I'd been slapped all over," Worth told the station.
"It was quite scary because a couple of times the rope actually got caught on some rocks or debris," the Aussie adrenalin junkie added.
"I actually had to swim down and yank the bungee cord out of whatever it was caught on to make it to the surface."
Worth said she eventually swam to the Zimbabwe side of the river, where rescuers came to her aid.
“When I was first pulled out of the water, they put me on my back and so all the water that I'd inhaled meant that I couldn't breathe so I made them roll me on to my side and that's when I started coughing out water and blood," she said.
Worth was treated for injuries at a local clinic before being flown to a South African hospital, Channel 9 said.
The jump was organized by a company called Safari Par Excellency, which prices it's bungee jumps at $120.
"Not for the faint hearted!” the company's website boasts.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/worl...#ixzz1itV61iq9
A 22-year-old Australian thrill-seeker miraculously survived after her bungee cord snapped during a death-defying dive over crocodile infested waters in Africa on New Year's Eve, according to local reports.
Erin Laung Worth told Australia's Channel 9 that her feet were still bound together after she plummeted into the rapids below the 360-foot Victoria Falls bridge on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia.
"It went black straight away and I felt like I'd been slapped all over," Worth told the station.
"It was quite scary because a couple of times the rope actually got caught on some rocks or debris," the Aussie adrenalin junkie added.
"I actually had to swim down and yank the bungee cord out of whatever it was caught on to make it to the surface."
Worth said she eventually swam to the Zimbabwe side of the river, where rescuers came to her aid.
“When I was first pulled out of the water, they put me on my back and so all the water that I'd inhaled meant that I couldn't breathe so I made them roll me on to my side and that's when I started coughing out water and blood," she said.
Worth was treated for injuries at a local clinic before being flown to a South African hospital, Channel 9 said.
The jump was organized by a company called Safari Par Excellency, which prices it's bungee jumps at $120.
"Not for the faint hearted!” the company's website boasts.
Comment