Brit, 23, left with fractured spine in 30ft plunge while working ‘dream job' at US camp as family plea to get her home
HORROR FALL Brit, 23, left with fractured spine in 30ft plunge while working 'dream job' at US camp as family plea to get her home
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A BRITISH woman is stranded in the US with devastating injuries after plunging 30ft during a hike at a children's summer camp.
Charlotte Hollins Anderton, 23, was working her dream summer job as a camp leader in Washington state when tragedy struck.
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Charlotte Hollins Anderton suffered horrific injuries in a 30ft fall on her dream job working as a summer camp leader in the US
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The 23-year-old is now stranded in America as her family needs £45,000 to get her home
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The young woman from Wales broke both her feet in the horror fall
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The former York University student was leading children on an Independence Day hike when she fell 30ft – fracturing her spine, shattering both feet and suffering internal bleeding.
Her family say she endured an excruciating eight-hour wait for rescue in remote terrain before being rushed to hospital.
She's since undergone multiple surgeries, been treated in intensive care, and is now battling not just physical injuries, but intense emotional trauma.
And as if the ordeal wasn't already harrowing enough, her family have been hit with the devastating news that her insurance provider won't pay for her medical repatriation to the UK.
In a heartfelt appeal on GoFundMe, they wrote: "Our beautiful Charlotte was tragically involved in a life changing accident whilst working as a camp leader this summer.
"She has suffered a life threatening fall on the 4th July and has been hospitalised since.
"Her fall resulted in spinal and foot fractures requiring multiple surgeries, internal bleeding, and admission to the intensive care unit."
Now, the family are urgently trying to raise a whopping £45,000 to get Charlotte home so she can access specialist NHS care and recover surrounded by loved ones.
A source close to them said the situation has left them "shocked, scared and completely heartbroken."
The fundraising page has been flooded with messages of support, and Charlotte's loved ones say they're overwhelmed by the outpouring of kindness.
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They wrote: "All we want is to have her home.
"Thank you all so much already for your kind words, promises of donations and support.
"It means more to us than you could imagine."
Charlotte, from Abergele, North Wales, had spent last summer working at the same YMCA Camp Seymour in Gig Harbor before returning this year as a leader.
It comes as a string of tragic accidents have seen young British tourists lose their lives abroad in recent weeks.
Just last month, a 25-year-old holidaymaker died in hospital after falling from a supermarket car park in Ibiza.
The man plunged from the Mercadona in San Antonio on the evening of July 14.
Despite being rushed to intensive care at a private hospital on the island, he sadly passed away the following day.
Days earlier, Kieran Thomas, also 25, from Bangor in north Wales, died after falling from a hotel balcony in Malta in the early hours of July 11.
Emergency services were called to Triq Spinola at around 4.15am and found Thomas unresponsive outside the building.
His dad, Alan Hughes, told the BBC the family had been deeply touched by the outpouring of support.
He said Kieran, who had a twin brother, was working as a software engineer and had 'a promising career ahead of him.'
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Charlotte had spent last summer working at the same YMCA Camp Seymour in Gig Harbor
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The York graduate suffered a fractured spine, two shattered feet and internal bleeding
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