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Fortunate Teen Survives Two Crashes in One Day
Not many people can say that they have been in a car accident and a helicopter crash all in the same night and have lived through both experiences. Except for teenage girl, Jordan Wells from Maryland found herself in this situation. Last fall, Jordan came home from college for the weekend and went with her best friend, Ashley to a local carnival and then to the mall. They left the mall at around eleven at night to head home. Jordan was behind the wheel of her father’s car. It started pouring that night and the rain made the car swerve across the road and smash into a tree. Since the driving conditions were so horrid the paramedics decided to use a helicopter in order to send the girls to the emergency room. From liftoff the pilot had a weird feeling about the plane and it was raining much harder out then what the pilot had been told. When the helicopter reached the hospital, the rain made it impossible to land. The pilot then decided to try and turn the chopper around and head for southern Maryland, but then ended up crashing into a tree. Once the helicopter crash took place the article states, “Jordan’s face slammed into the side of the helicopter, and that’s the last she remembers—until she woke up with broken bones in her face, parts of her spine dislodged and her legs shattered.” Jordan ended up having an infection in her foot that eventually led to amputation of her leg. The day she found out she was losing her leg was the same day she found out the horrible news about losing her best friend Ashley. Since the accident, the article also states, “The preliminary findings of a National Transportation safety Board investigation suggest the helicopter never should have left the ground that night.” This is such a tragic story and so sad. I couldn’t even imagine being in two accidents in one night. Then to not only find out you were losing your leg but that even worse you lost your best friend. I give this girl props for being strong and courageous. I don’t even know what I’d do if I was in her place.
Not many people can say that they have been in a car accident and a helicopter crash all in the same night and have lived through both experiences. Except for teenage girl, Jordan Wells from Maryland found herself in this situation. Last fall, Jordan came home from college for the weekend and went with her best friend, Ashley to a local carnival and then to the mall. They left the mall at around eleven at night to head home. Jordan was behind the wheel of her father’s car. It started pouring that night and the rain made the car swerve across the road and smash into a tree. Since the driving conditions were so horrid the paramedics decided to use a helicopter in order to send the girls to the emergency room. From liftoff the pilot had a weird feeling about the plane and it was raining much harder out then what the pilot had been told. When the helicopter reached the hospital, the rain made it impossible to land. The pilot then decided to try and turn the chopper around and head for southern Maryland, but then ended up crashing into a tree. Once the helicopter crash took place the article states, “Jordan’s face slammed into the side of the helicopter, and that’s the last she remembers—until she woke up with broken bones in her face, parts of her spine dislodged and her legs shattered.” Jordan ended up having an infection in her foot that eventually led to amputation of her leg. The day she found out she was losing her leg was the same day she found out the horrible news about losing her best friend Ashley. Since the accident, the article also states, “The preliminary findings of a National Transportation safety Board investigation suggest the helicopter never should have left the ground that night.” This is such a tragic story and so sad. I couldn’t even imagine being in two accidents in one night. Then to not only find out you were losing your leg but that even worse you lost your best friend. I give this girl props for being strong and courageous. I don’t even know what I’d do if I was in her place.
