Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
I fell off a cliff cycling and ended up being rescued by the RNLI
Ulster woman thanks brave team of people who saved her life
YESTERDAY
A CYCLIST who suffered a serious fall from a cliff has sent a message of thanks to the strangers who helped her.
Adrienne Peltz, 33, suffered a fractured spine in the accident on the North Down coastal path on Saturday and is recovering at home.
Three woman gave her first aid and called the emergency services before Adrienne was taken to safety by the RNLI.
She said: “On Saturday I fell off a cliff and ended up being rescued by an incredible team of paramedics and Coastguard crew.
“I was taken to the resuscitation unit at the Royal Victoria Hospital for head and spine trauma and treated by the best medical staff you could ever hope for.
“I want to say thank you to the three women who called 999, held my hand, put a blanket over me and kept me talking while we waited for the ambulance to arrive.
“I don’t know who you are but I hope this message finds you because you were like angels sent to save me.
“When people say there is no goodness left in humanity and community doesn’t exist, this is the proof people are still kind and our communities are still strong.
“I can’t even articulate how grateful and thankful I am for the paramedics, Bangor RNLI Coastguard team, doctors, surgeons, nurses, nursing assistants, hospital porters, physiotherapists and all the other amazing medical staff who looked after me.
“There wasn’t one moment I didn’t feel safe, from when the paramedics and Coastguard carried me on a stretcher into the sea to put me on a boat to the nurses in resuscitation talking me through the flurry of activity.
“These people save lives every single day and they do it with love and compassion, kindness and even humour.
“Nothing makes me prouder to live in this country than the people who get up every day to do uncomfortable and tiring jobs to keep us safe.
“We owe it to these people who serve our communities in the most important way, to defend and protect their jobs and funding of our health sector as they are the pulse that keeps us alive.”
A RNLI spokesman said: “Our volunteer crews are always delighted their training has paid off.
“Without the expert care Adrienne received at the scene, her prognosis could have been much
worse.”