Woman Dropped Her Phone, Got Stuck Upside-Down for 7 Hours

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A rescue organization in Australia shared an incredible and unusual story earlier this week about a woman who fell into a crevice while trying to retrieve her phone and became stuck upside-down between two boulders for seven hours. Rescue professionals say they’ve never seen anything quite like it. With much effort, they freed the woman, who, by the way, never retrieved her phone.

Using language like “spot of bother” and “unlikely predicament,” the Cessnock District Rescue Squad described how the young woman slipped into a 3-meter (nearly 10-foot) crack between boulders after dropping her phone. Her friends couldn’t reach her, and they called for help.

“NSW Ambulance Specialist Rescue Paramedic Peter Watts worked with a multidisciplinary team to remove several heavy boulders to create a safe access point,” Cessnock District Rescue Squad wrote on Facebook. “With care, a hardwood frame was built to ensure stability while rescuers worked . . . The patient was safely freed 7 hours after her ordeal began with only minor scratches and bruises.”

See the unusual rescue of a stuck woman who was trying to retrieve her phone here:

Watch a local news report about the incident, including an interview with a rescue professional who was on the scene here:

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