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Close Calls On Camera S10E09 (21st April 2022)
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00:00A close call, a moment of danger when life can hang in the balance.
00:05It was absolute panic and fear.
00:08A split second where the outcome could go either way.
00:11They'd have been lucky if they'd have stayed conscious.
00:13The difference between disaster and survival.
00:16It's literally, that's all it takes.
00:20These are the people that have been there and lived to tell the tale.
00:24I was terrified. I thought I was going to die.
00:27It's a day they'll never forget. The day they had a close call.
00:47Today on Close Calls.
00:49A rescue helicopter hovers over the highest point in the Peak District on Christmas night.
00:54Below, a mountain rescue team, who've abandoned their family festivities, tend to an injured woman.
01:00The pilot is searching for a route in.
01:03If he gets there, this becomes a lot simpler.
01:06If not, it's a difficult stretch to carry over hard ground.
01:09But the helicopter can't land.
01:11They're going to have to do it the hard way.
01:13And two young siblings call the emergency services after finding their mum unconscious.
01:23Ambulance service. Is the patient breathing?
01:26Um, she's breathing, but she just fell off the stairs.
01:31We said she is still alive.
01:33But then she kept asleep.
01:36Kinder Scout, the Peak District.
01:48It's Christmas Day and mountain rescue volunteers answer an urgent call to find a woman who's fallen and broken her leg.
01:56We're keeping our fingers crossed that the helicopter is able to assist us.
01:59She's stranded on a high plateau.
02:01The temperature is minus four and it's getting dark.
02:05The casualty was likely to be very cold and sore and scared as the light was fading.
02:11Hypothermia was certainly a possibility.
02:2220 years ago, retired trading standards manager Anthea decided to settle down in Buxton, Derbyshire,
02:28on the edge of the Peak District National Park, an ideal spot for outdoor activities.
02:33Having had dogs for 15 years, I've enjoyed walking a lot around this area.
02:39And I did a little bit of rock climbing and met up with people in Buxton Mountaineering Club who also do a lot of hill walking.
02:46It's a means of getting out and looking at the countryside, but it's more than that.
02:49It's very good for my physical health, but also my mental health more than anything.
02:54Anthea met her partner Carl through their shared interests.
02:59Carl and I have been together in a relationship for about 10 years.
03:02Although he's Danish, he's actually lived locally for 40 years, so he knows the area much better than I do.
03:09They regularly explore together.
03:12We go out for walks, just an hour or so, and all the times when we have long days out as well, it's fantastic.
03:20There's a lot of variety, so you can make yourself a hilly walk or a riverside walk, whatever you choose really.
03:26It's an upland region, rising to more than 600 metres above sea level,
03:31so they have to be prepared for whatever the weather throws at them.
03:34There's always weather here. It's not boring.
03:39You always see new things when you go out, and that's when you get to know the landscape very intimately.
03:47But a Christmas outing to the area's highest peak means rather more contact with the landscape than they envisaged,
03:54where a fall and a dramatic turn in the weather leave Anthea in mortal danger.
03:58It's Christmas Day, and due to the pandemic, Anthea and Carl are unable to spend it with their families,
04:08so it's just the two of them.
04:10It was a really unusual Christmas. We couldn't mix with family, and so we've got no real commitments.
04:16So why not let's go for a walk?
04:19They dress for serious hiking.
04:22We were well prepared for the walk we were going to do.
04:24The weather was a clear day, but cold.
04:30Anthea decides to take her terrier, Claydon, with them.
04:33I had to leave Sam, the bigger dog, at home, because he wouldn't have been up to it,
04:37but Claydon, the little one, was quite happy coming on the walk with us.
04:44They drive to a car park at the base of Kinder Scout.
04:48At 636 metres above sea level, it's the highest point in the Peak District.
04:53Anthea and Carl are heading for one end of the plateau called Kinder Low.
04:58I knew the area, but I hadn't done that particular walk,
05:01so it was quite nice to just do a slightly different route than usual.
05:05They aim to be back home mid-afternoon for their festive dinner.
05:10They're aware of the drop in temperature the higher they go.
05:13There was this stream coming down the hillside
05:17that was increasingly frozen as we went further up.
05:21You take a bit more care where you put your feet,
05:24make sure you don't sliver too much, there's ice about.
05:28But they're experienced hill walkers and make steady progress.
05:32I think it probably took us about an hour and a half to get to Eadale Cross.
05:36It's a medieval stone monument near the top of Kinder Scout.
05:39We sat at our sandwiches and hot drink.
05:44Unusually for us, we took a selfie.
05:47But they don't stop for long.
05:49The wind chill means the temperature feels around minus 4 centigrade.
05:53So we'd better get going as it's not a place to hang around.
05:58And because it was Christmas Day, you know, the days are short,
06:01so, you know, you're going to go for a walk,
06:03you need to get on with it and get back down to the car before it gets dark.
06:07But to reach the summit of Kinder Lowe, they have to cover difficult terrain.
06:12At the top there, they have big stone slabs,
06:14which they put down to minimise the erosion.
06:18Today, in the freezing temperatures,
06:19the slabs are covered in treacherous black ice.
06:23I was skidding about, so we did talk about
06:26we had to try to walk off the paving stones.
06:28But I must have stood on one.
06:31As she does, she loses her balance, her feet flying out from under her.
06:35I just crash-landed with an almighty thud down on this unforgiving solid rock.
06:44The top of her leg takes the full impact.
06:47I think I might have done something really bad here.
06:50Carl hears the thud as she hits the rock.
06:53Turned around and Antio was on the ground.
06:55He went to try and help me up.
06:57Got my arm around her, supported her.
06:59And I was in absolute agony.
07:02And there was absolutely no way I could stand up
07:05and put any weight whatsoever on my leg.
07:08I was just screaming.
07:10They say, well, we need to get down
07:12because you have about an hour and a half of the daylight left.
07:16I said to him, I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to be rescued.
07:22Experienced hiker Carl knows the first priority
07:25is to shelter Antio from the sub-zero weather.
07:27He had this survival bag, which was an absolute godsend.
07:33And then we had to try and get me in it,
07:35which was seriously not easy.
07:38But you can get the foot in
07:39and then I can sort of put the bag up around her body.
07:44I couldn't help but scream in pain.
07:46It was absolute agony.
07:48But I knew I'd got to do it because it was so cold.
07:50There's no other way I'd have survived.
07:52Once Antio is in, their attention turns to her dog, Claydon.
07:56He needed to be kept warm as well,
07:59so we got him inside the bag with me.
08:02And it was really, really reassuring for me,
08:04and I hope it was for him.
08:06With both of them safe and warm,
08:08Carl calls the emergency services.
08:10Thank goodness we have their mobile telephones these days.
08:13He gets through to the police who alert Kinder Mountain Rescue.
08:18Even on Christmas Day, around 20 volunteers answer the call,
08:22including deputy team leader Alan Howarth,
08:25who films his reaction.
08:28Would you believe it?
08:29Just popped my first beer and we get a call out.
08:32Dr. Ollie Pratt also arrives to help.
08:36It's just approaching four o'clock.
08:38Just starting to get dark.
08:40And we were hoping all to be sitting around our Christmas turkeys.
08:47Later, a further deterioration in the weather
08:50threatens to ground the rescue helicopter,
08:52and rescuing Anthea becomes more hazardous.
08:56She's pretty seriously injured.
08:58It's a difficult stretch to carry over hard ground
09:00and potentially over quite a large chunk of ice.
09:03Eccleshaw, Staffordshire.
09:14An ambulance pulls up outside a family home.
09:17Two young children approach a paramedic
09:19and hand him a phone.
09:22There's someone that needs to speak to you on the phone.
09:25The youngsters dialed 999
09:27after they heard their mother fall down the stairs
09:30and found her in a crumpled heap.
09:32She's fallen down the stairs.
09:34Is she awake?
09:35I told the doctor that she was still breathing
09:38and they told me to count every breath.
09:50Becky and Neil live in the small market town
09:52of Eccleshaw in Staffordshire.
09:54They've been together for nine years
09:56but first met much earlier.
09:59We knew each other when we were growing up.
10:01Never really thought anything of it
10:03and then one day, you know,
10:05a romance blossomed.
10:08Becky took an interest in me.
10:10I did fancy her
10:11but I wouldn't let on
10:14so I wasn't expecting her to like me in that way.
10:17We work really well together.
10:18We're a really good team.
10:19She's a fabulous mum.
10:22She does everything for the kids and me.
10:26Becky has an older daughter, Faye,
10:28from a previous relationship
10:29and two children with Neil,
10:31Niamh and Billy.
10:33We love our kiddies.
10:35We're so proud of all three of them.
10:36So we've got Faye who's nearly 15.
10:38She's clever.
10:39She's amazing.
10:41Niamh is seven.
10:42She's sensitive.
10:43She's kind.
10:44She's empathetic.
10:45Billy is a typical five-year-old.
10:48He's not very mature.
10:50But he's not silly.
10:52He's definitely got a lot more common sense
10:54than most seven-year-olds.
10:55And that character trait
10:57is a godsend for Becky
10:59who's more reliant on her children
11:01than most mums.
11:02She's diabetic
11:03and also suffers
11:04with cauda equina syndrome,
11:06a rare disorder
11:07causing the nerves in the lower back
11:09to become severely compressed.
11:12It's affected me mobility-wise.
11:14I have not a lot of feeling in my leg.
11:16I struggle to drive.
11:17I struggle to walk.
11:18It is going to be a lifelong condition.
11:20It's not going to get any better.
11:22The kids,
11:22they tend to be very good
11:24when they know Mummy's bad.
11:25I love Mummy.
11:26She helps us
11:28and we help her.
11:31Working in the caravan trade
11:33means Neil's away a lot,
11:34which makes life even tougher
11:36for the family.
11:37But Ben, a close family friend,
11:39does his best to help out.
11:41They know that
11:42if they ever need anything,
11:44I'm only a phone call away.
11:45The children love him.
11:47He's not a friend.
11:47He's a family.
11:48They do call me Uncle Ben, yeah.
11:51Becky has taken the precaution
11:53of ensuring her children
11:54know what to do
11:55if she has a medical emergency.
11:58I've always explained that,
11:59you know,
12:00if you can't wake me,
12:01you need to ring 999.
12:03And tell them what happened.
12:06Tell them where our house is.
12:10The family view it
12:11as a sensible safeguard,
12:13which they hope will never be needed.
12:15But the day comes
12:16when they're all grateful
12:17until the children understand
12:19what to do in an emergency.
12:26It's a weekday morning.
12:28Neil's already left
12:29on a long drive
12:30to Cornwall for work.
12:32Eldest daughter, Faye,
12:33has left for school
12:34and Becky is at home
12:35with Niamh and Billy.
12:37She's feeling poorly
12:38and has an ear infection.
12:40Because I was feeling unwell,
12:42I just couldn't get them up
12:43ready for school
12:44and in time.
12:45I was too dizzy
12:46and my back was really bad.
12:47When she's poorly,
12:49we just stay home
12:50and then we just look after her.
12:53But Becky knows
12:54family friend Ben
12:55will be around later
12:56to help pick up her car
12:57from a garage
12:58after its MOT.
13:00And he was meant
13:01to be here
13:01for about 12 o'clock.
13:03The kids were in their pyjamas.
13:04I'd gone upstairs
13:05after doing the kids' breakfast.
13:07After that,
13:08everything's a blank.
13:11I don't even remember
13:12getting up the stairs.
13:15She doesn't remember
13:16falling down them either.
13:18But that's what appears
13:19to have happened.
13:21Playing in the living room,
13:22Billy and Niamh
13:23hear her land heavily
13:24at the bottom of the stairs.
13:26We were very scared
13:27because when she felt,
13:30I heard a loud bang
13:31that sounded like
13:31someone was banging
13:32on the door.
13:34The frightened children
13:35find their mum
13:35in a crumpled heap
13:37in the hallway.
13:38When I opened the door,
13:39we saw mummy on the floor
13:41and we were screaming
13:44and crying.
13:46Very scared.
13:48I was from hell.
13:50Billy thought
13:50she was dead.
13:52Niamh tries to reassure him.
13:55I saw her breathing
13:56and then she kept
13:57making noises
13:58like noises
13:59when she wakes up.
14:01Niamh said
14:01she is still alive.
14:03But then
14:04she kept asleep.
14:06But thanks to
14:07regular reminders
14:08from their parents,
14:09the children know
14:10what to do.
14:12Billy fetches
14:12his mum's phone
14:13and hands it to Niamh.
14:15When you go
14:16to the password bit,
14:18there's like
14:18an emergency button
14:19on it.
14:20I just did 999.
14:22This is Niamh's call
14:25to the emergency services.
14:28Ambulance service.
14:29Is the patient breathing?
14:31She's breathing
14:32but she just
14:33fell off the stairs.
14:35She's fallen down the stairs.
14:36Is she awake?
14:37I don't know.
14:39Okay.
14:41Who's fallen, darling?
14:43Mummy.
14:44Mummy.
14:46Okay.
14:47At the other end
14:48of the phone
14:48is Hannah,
14:49an emergency call handler
14:50with West Midlands
14:51Ambulance Service.
14:53It really, really
14:55did take me
14:56about quite a bit
14:57when this little
14:58voice of Niamh
14:59was telling me
15:01that her mummy
15:02wasn't very well.
15:03Mummy is breathing.
15:05She is breathing.
15:06You're not just
15:07responsible then
15:08for the welfare
15:10of the patient
15:11primarily.
15:12You are very much
15:13then responsible
15:14for two children
15:16making sure
15:17that they are safe,
15:18they are calm.
15:20And although
15:21she's frightened,
15:23Niamh is composed
15:24as Hannah runs
15:25through a checklist
15:26with her.
15:27Can you hear any
15:28noises from her
15:29breathing at all?
15:30No.
15:31No.
15:31Okay.
15:32What town
15:33do you live in?
15:34Eccleshaw.
15:35Eccleshaw.
15:36Okay.
15:37She sounded
15:38very young
15:39but she managed
15:40to tell me
15:42what had happened
15:42to her mother,
15:44to how,
15:46to where she was.
15:47Thanks to Niamh,
15:49Hannah knows
15:49Becky's breathing
15:50but she's not responding.
15:52She needs an ambulance
15:53as soon as possible.
15:55Stay on the phone
15:56for me, darling,
15:57all right?
15:58I'm going to get
15:58mummy some help.
16:00Despite their young age,
16:02Hannah needs
16:02Niamh and Billy
16:03to keep monitoring
16:04their mum's condition.
16:06They told me
16:07to count every breath.
16:09If you look
16:10at her chest
16:10when she breathes,
16:12tell me the word
16:12now.
16:14Situations can change
16:15very quickly
16:15during a call
16:16so we gather
16:18as much information
16:19as we can.
16:20She's not waking up.
16:21She's not waking up,
16:22my lovely.
16:23Okay, we've got you
16:24some help arranged.
16:25All right,
16:26I'm going to stay
16:26with you
16:26till the help
16:27is there.
16:28Being a mother
16:29myself,
16:30I can appreciate
16:31how scary
16:32that must have been
16:33for those two children.
16:36Hannah does her best
16:37to comfort them.
16:38I've got some paramedics
16:39that are coming to you
16:40as quickly as they can
16:41to come and help
16:42mummy, all right?
16:44But she needs
16:44as much information
16:45as possible
16:46to pass on
16:47to the paramedics
16:48heading to the house.
16:50Is she bleeding
16:50from anywhere at all?
16:51Can you see any blood?
16:53No, we can't see anything.
16:54No blood, okay.
16:56Is she diabetic?
16:58Yeah, she's diabetic.
16:59She is diabetic?
17:01Okay.
17:02It was incredible
17:03how she managed
17:04the situation.
17:07Minutes later,
17:08a security camera
17:09on the house
17:10captures the moment
17:10a paramedic pulls up
17:12and Niamh takes
17:13the phone out to him
17:14with Hannah still
17:15on the line.
17:17There's someone
17:18that needs to speak
17:19to you on the phone.
17:21Then we have to
17:22give mummy's phone
17:23to the ambulance
17:24because the ambulance
17:25was super nice.
17:27Hello?
17:28Hello.
17:29Hello, it's control here.
17:30We generally
17:31don't speak on the phone.
17:33The paramedics
17:33will inform us,
17:34okay, we're here,
17:35and then we clear the line.
17:36I knew that there was
17:37some help safely
17:38there with them.
17:39But Becky
17:40isn't safe yet.
17:42She was still
17:42lying on the floor,
17:43but then the ambulance
17:45came to take care of her.
17:48As the paramedic
17:49examines her,
17:50a disorientated
17:51Becky comes too.
17:54When I came round
17:55and the gentleman
17:56was standing over me,
17:57I was in a lot of pain
17:58with my back
17:59and my head,
18:00and I was really concerned
18:01that I'd really
18:01done some damage.
18:03Niamh and Billy
18:04are just relieved
18:05mum's awake.
18:07Sad, happy.
18:08And you always cry.
18:09A crying, happy.
18:10An ambulance crew
18:13arrives to take
18:14Becky to hospital,
18:15but she's worried
18:16who'll look after
18:17the children.
18:19The parents were
18:20talking about
18:20taking the kids
18:21to the school.
18:22Even if I tried
18:23to ring the
18:23and he couldn't get
18:23back, he was four
18:24hours away.
18:25It's now midday
18:26and right on schedule,
18:28family friend Ben
18:29arrives, intending
18:30to help Becky
18:30pick up her car.
18:32The camera shows
18:33him passing
18:34the medical vehicles.
18:36I saw the ambulance
18:37so alarm bells
18:38strike then.
18:40Ben's met at the gate
18:41by the paramedic
18:42who explains
18:43the situation.
18:44I came in the house
18:45and I went and grabbed
18:47Niamh and gave her
18:47a big cuddle.
18:48I opened the door
18:50to where the hallway
18:51is just to make
18:52eye contact with Becky
18:53just so that she could
18:53see that I was here.
18:55Becky is taken
18:56by ambulance to hospital.
18:58Knowing their mum
18:59can view the security
19:00camera on her phone,
19:01the children send
19:02her a message.
19:03Thank you so much.
19:04Thank you so much.
19:05Ben phones Neil
19:14in Cornwall
19:15to let him know
19:15what's happened.
19:16It all came as
19:17a bit of a shock.
19:19It was a tough
19:19drive home,
19:20not knowing what
19:21had gone on
19:21and what injuries
19:22Becky had done.
19:24When Daddy
19:25got home,
19:26he just gave us
19:27a big cuddle
19:28because of how
19:29good we did.
19:32At the Royal Stoke
19:33University Hospital,
19:34Becky has given
19:35a CT scan
19:36and is relieved
19:37to discover
19:38she hasn't
19:39broken any bones.
19:41She's discharged
19:42later that day
19:43with painkillers.
19:45And they said,
19:46I've got concussion
19:47and that I need
19:48to take it easy
19:48and rest at home.
19:50But she still
19:51doesn't know
19:51what caused her
19:52to black out
19:53and is waiting
19:54for a follow-up appointment.
19:55The doctors thought
19:57it was either
19:58the ear infection
19:58or my blood pressure
19:59dropped dramatically quick.
20:01Either way,
20:01the day could have
20:02turned out very differently
20:03if it wasn't for
20:04Niamh and Billy's
20:05calm, quick thinking.
20:08Having taken
20:09tens of thousands
20:10of calls
20:11is definitely
20:12going to be one
20:13that sticks in my mind
20:14just because of
20:15those two children
20:15and how amazing
20:16they were.
20:17When I heard
20:17the phone call
20:18that Niamh and Billy made
20:19I was very emotional
20:21and when I saw
20:22the footage
20:23I was just so proud
20:25that they had
20:25the confidence
20:26to go out
20:27and hand the phone
20:28to the paramedic.
20:30Niamh and Billy
20:30have been put forward
20:32for accommodation
20:32by the West Midlands
20:34Ambulance Service.
20:35They saved Mummy's life.
20:38If they weren't here
20:39she could have been
20:41laid there
20:42for a very long time.
20:43Yeah,
20:44keeping the children
20:44at home
20:45because I felt
20:45well was the best choice
20:46I made that day.
20:47Without them
20:48I don't know
20:49what would have happened.
20:50I'll give you five
20:51in it here.
20:51Five!
20:59Well done
21:00to Niamh and Billy.
21:02Now back to the
21:03Peak District
21:03where festive celebrations
21:05have gone very badly wrong
21:06for a couple
21:07whilst out hiking
21:09and for the
21:10mountain rescue team
21:11who've left their own
21:12festivities
21:12to come to their aid.
21:14On Kinder Scout
21:17in the Peak District
21:18a Christmas Day
21:19rescue operation
21:20is underway
21:21after experienced
21:22hiker Anthea
21:23slipped near the summit
21:25on black ice
21:25crash landing
21:27on solid rock.
21:28I was in absolute agony.
21:31Her partner Carl
21:32fears she's broken
21:33her leg
21:34or hip.
21:35It's
21:35so painful.
21:38She can't walk
21:38the temperature
21:39is minus four
21:40and it's getting dark.
21:42Carl's managed
21:43to get Anthea
21:44and her terrier dog
21:45into a survival bag
21:46but they desperately
21:47need help.
21:49The Kinder Mountain
21:50rescue team
21:51is on the way.
21:52They're filming
21:53the incident
21:53to help raise
21:54awareness
21:55of their work.
21:56Consultant anaesthetist
21:57Dr. Ollie Pratt
21:58is one of the
21:59volunteer medical officers.
22:01We're now walking
22:02up the track.
22:04Normally we would
22:04come up here
22:05in a vehicle
22:07but the track's
22:09frozen
22:09and very slippery
22:11and it's
22:12not been possible
22:13to get our vehicles up.
22:15There's a team
22:16ahead of us
22:16carrying a stretcher
22:17to evacuate
22:18the lady.
22:19Ollie had been
22:20looking forward
22:21to Christmas dinner
22:22with his family.
22:23The siren went off
22:24and my wife
22:25looked at me
22:26with those eyes
22:28of oh no
22:29really
22:29and I looked
22:31back at her
22:31knowing what was
22:32about to happen
22:33and the discussion
22:34we were about to have.
22:37It's a shared
22:38experience with
22:39around 20 other
22:40members of the team
22:41all now marching
22:42up to the high plateau
22:43and hoping a Coast Guard
22:45helicopter can help.
22:47We're keeping our
22:47fingers crossed that
22:48the helicopter is able
22:49to assist us
22:50but we're continuing
22:52as a plan B.
22:54Ollie's concerned
22:55the freezing conditions
22:56will be taking
22:57their toll on Anthea.
22:59The casualty
22:59was likely to be
23:00very cold
23:01and sore
23:02and scared
23:03as the light
23:03was fading.
23:05Hypothermia
23:05was certainly
23:06a possibility.
23:08Nearly 600 metres
23:10above them
23:10Anthea is still
23:11cuddling her dog
23:12inside the survival bag
23:14trying to keep
23:15her mind
23:15off the pain.
23:17She was inventing
23:18games for us
23:19to kill the time.
23:22Carl's younger son
23:23and wife
23:24were expecting
23:25a baby.
23:26We tried to
23:27guess the name.
23:29It's a two-hour wait
23:30and a whole lot
23:31of names
23:31before they see
23:33head torches
23:33approaching.
23:37Well thank goodness
23:38you know
23:38they've found us
23:39and we're not
23:40alone anymore.
23:41You sort of
23:42felt safe
23:43because you couldn't
23:44leave the responsibility
23:45to them.
23:46Around 15 rescuers
23:48reach the scene
23:49together.
23:50Anthea can't
23:51stop apologising
23:52to them.
23:53She was obviously
23:54mortified
23:55but we all
23:56feel happy
23:56going out
23:57to help somebody
23:58who was doing
23:59the things
23:59we love
24:00and being
24:01the season
24:02of goodwill
24:03it felt
24:04like the only
24:05thing to do.
24:07Ollie's paramedic
24:08colleague gives
24:09Anthea pain relief.
24:10They made it
24:11very clear
24:12that by helicopter
24:13or overland
24:14it would be
24:15a bumpy ride
24:16and you need
24:17to be really
24:18comfortable
24:18to cope with it.
24:21But how she's
24:21going to make it
24:22off the high plateau
24:23is yet to be decided.
24:25Minutes later
24:26the rescue helicopter
24:27can be heard
24:27hovering overhead
24:28and its lights
24:30come into view.
24:31Coast Guard
24:31helicopter is
24:32trying to look
24:33for a route in
24:34underneath the clouds.
24:36Hopefully
24:37if he gets there
24:38this becomes
24:38a lot simpler.
24:39if not
24:40it's a difficult
24:41stretch to carry
24:41over hard ground
24:42and potentially
24:43over quite a large
24:45chunk of ice.
24:48One of the team
24:49films as they
24:49prepare Anthea
24:50for the journey
24:51loading her
24:52into a vacuum
24:53mattress.
24:54They wrap it
24:54around you
24:55and then extract
24:55the air
24:56so it gets
24:57snug around your
24:58body without
24:58putting pressure on.
24:59She was nice
25:00and cocooned
25:01in this warm
25:02hard shell.
25:04Anthea's going
25:04to need all
25:05the protection
25:06they can give her.
25:07The weather's
25:08got a lot worse
25:09and the helicopter
25:09which was low
25:10on fuel anyway
25:11has made a decision
25:12that they can't
25:14assist us in this
25:14and they've
25:15returned to base.
25:18There's only
25:19one other way
25:20down.
25:21We're going
25:22to get the
25:22casualty
25:22onto the stretcher
25:23and then we'll
25:24sledger down the
25:25hill as quickly
25:25as we can.
25:27They set off
25:27down the mountain
25:28with six rescue
25:29volunteers guiding
25:30the stretcher
25:31over the ice
25:32and others
25:33checking the route.
25:34Carl follows
25:35behind with the
25:36rest of the team.
25:37It was very dark
25:39and windy
25:40and at points
25:41we had to lift
25:42the stretcher
25:43over barbed wire
25:44fencing and the
25:45like.
25:46They were lifting
25:47me up and
25:48passing me over.
25:49I really did feel
25:50in safe hands.
25:52An hour later
25:53they reach a track.
25:54Any problems?
25:55No.
25:55Very steady.
25:56No.
25:57We're going to
25:58take the opportunity
25:59to put a wheel
26:00on the bottom
26:00of the stretcher
26:01and wheel it
26:01down to our
26:02vehicles.
26:02It speeds up
26:04the descent
26:04and after another
26:06half an hour
26:07they finally reach
26:08the mountain
26:08rescue vehicles
26:09at the bottom
26:10of Kinder Scout
26:11six hours after
26:13Anthea and Carl
26:14first set out
26:15on their Christmas
26:15day walk.
26:17Our casualty's
26:17now back of the
26:19vehicles.
26:20So she's got
26:21quite a bit of
26:22pain in her hip
26:23and also she'd
26:24fallen on the
26:25side and hurt her
26:26wrist.
26:27So she'll be
26:28going down to meet
26:29a road ambulance
26:29at our base.
26:30I very much
26:32felt, oh I want
26:33to thank these
26:34people so much
26:35for what they've
26:36done for me
26:36and everything
26:37as they sent
26:38me off in
26:38the ambulance.
26:40But now he
26:40knows his patient
26:41is safely on
26:42her way
26:42there's only
26:43one thing
26:43on Ollie's
26:44mind.
26:45How's the turkey
26:46looking?
26:49While Ollie
26:49and the rest
26:50of the volunteer
26:50team head home
26:52for delayed
26:52celebrations
26:53Anthea is taken
26:54to Macclesfield
26:55Hospital.
26:56Scans reveal
26:57she's fractured
26:58the top of her
26:58femur near her
26:59hip.
27:00And also
27:01broken a bone
27:01in her wrist.
27:03The next day
27:03surgeons secure
27:04her femur
27:05with a steel
27:06plate.
27:08It's a bad
27:09injury but
27:10Anthea knows
27:10she was fortunate
27:11to make it
27:12off the mountain.
27:14Given that
27:14the temperature
27:15was minus
27:16four things
27:17could have
27:18panned out
27:18very much
27:19worse.
27:20We had the
27:21survival bag
27:21that was a
27:22really significant
27:23factor.
27:24And the
27:25Kinder Mountain
27:25Rescue came out
27:27and they were
27:27absolutely
27:27fantastic.
27:28Anthea needed
27:32a long recovery
27:33period but
27:34she and Carl
27:35are optimistic
27:36about the future.
27:37It's been a long
27:38journey to get
27:39recovering but
27:40we should be out
27:41in the hills and
27:42walking again
27:43because we like
27:44being out.
27:45I'm being careful.
27:46I'm building
27:47this up gradually
27:47and I think I will
27:48make a full recovery.
27:50I feel very lucky
27:51in this country that
27:52we've got fantastic
27:53rescue services to
27:54look after us if
27:55things do go
27:56wrong but it
27:56doesn't detract
27:57from the fact
27:57that we always
27:58need to be as
27:58careful as we
27:59can.
28:08Bet Christmas
28:09dinner tasted
28:10even better after
28:11all that effort by
28:11the Mountain
28:12Rescue team.
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