A woman who survived an 80ft waterfall plunge has beaten the odds for a second time by learning to walk again.
Cara Sutton suffered a broken spine, shattered pelvis and collapsed lung in the drop.
She had slipped on rocks metres from the waterfall edge then disappeared from view, leaving boyfriend James certain she was dead.
The cycling helmet Cara was wearing probably saved her life at Coed-y-Brenin,
Snowdonia, North Wales.
The pharmacist, 26, who was on holiday, said: “I remember James shouting to be careful as I fell.
“I was sliding all over the place and tried to grab some moss to stop myself but it just ripped off.
“The edge was behind me so I didn’t realise I was about to fall until I saw the cliff go past me.”
James said it was a miracle she had her helmet on, adding: “I thought there was no way she’d survive.”
Rescuers winched her out of the ravine before flying her to Royal Stoke University Hospital.
Cara, from Liverpool, had several operations and spent two months learning to walk again before being discharged in November.
The emergency response will feature in Channel 5’s 999: Critical Condition tonight.
Consultant Dr Richard Fawcett said such a plunge is usually deadly, adding: “There’s rocks and boulders... a height that can kill.”
Cara said: “I can’t thank the doctors and rescue teams enough.
“It feels amazing considering that just the other day I walked 10k. I could have died but they saved my life.”
