THE DAY EMMA FELL FROM THE SKY

June 9, 2013:

● Emma goes tandem skydiving in Switzerland

● Ropes for main chute and safety chute tangle around her instructor’s neck

● Instructor loses consciousness and they hit the ground

● Impact fractures Emma’s back, her L1 vertebrae and her pelvis

● Paramedics fly Emma to hospital in Bern

The fracture to her L1 was a compression injury, which meant the vertebrae was not severed, making it possible for Emma to recover so she could walk again.