A woman in Australia hung upside down in a crevice for hours

Dramatic rescue of a young woman in Hunter Valley, Australia: The 23-year-old fell headfirst into a three-metre-deep crevice while trying to pick up her smartphone that had fallen between the rocks.

She stayed there with her feet up for seven hours. Only then were rescue workers able to free the woman, NSW Ambulance emergency teams said.

According to ABC, the incident occurred a few days ago. The young woman was on a walking tour with friends near the town of Laguna, about 120 kilometers northwest of Sydney.

Since there was no telephone reception in the remote area, those accompanying the victims first had to find a place where they could make an emergency call. It was an hour before the first rescuers reached the fissure.

Complex rescue

The rescue operation was very difficult. The teams had to remove seven rocks weighing between 80 and 500 kilograms to reach the woman or her feet first. A wooden frame was also built to protect it from falling rocks.

It then took another hour to navigate the victim through an S-shaped curve to return to the surface. “In my 10 years as a paramedic, I've never seen anything like this,” NSW Ambulance Service special operations officer Peter Watts said.

The rescued woman thanked helpers in a post on social media: “Thank you to the team that saved me.” “You're life savers…it's a pity about the phone.” In the end, he did not survive the entire event.