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    Snapped bungee plunges tourist into African river

    CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian tourist bungee jumping in Africa plunged 365 feet (111 meters) into a river when her cord snapped, but she managed to swim to safety with a broken collarbone and her legs tied together.

    Erin Langworthy told Nine Network television news Sunday that she blacked out briefly when she hit the Zambezi River on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe on Dec. 31.

    "I felt like I'd been slapped all over," the 22-year-old from Perth said.

    Video taken of the jump shows the cord snapping and Langworthy smacking into the river before the current pulled her into rapids.

    "You get sucked under and then you pop up so it's very disorienting — I didn't know which was up or down," she said.

    She said the trailing cord repeatedly snagged, so she "had to swim down and yank the bungee cord out of whatever it was caught on to make it to the surface."

    Langworthy swam through the rapids to reach the Zimbabwe bank.

    Southern Province Police Commissioner Brenda Muntemba told the Post Zambia newspaper that Langworthy was treated at a clinic in Zimbabwe before being evacuated to South Africa.

    The jump from the Victoria Falls Bridge is operated by Safari Par Excellence, whose website describes the bungee experience as "111 meters (365 feet) of pure Adrenalin!"

     
    • Ron  •  4 mths ago
      "...she managed to swim to safety with a broken collarbone and her legs tied together...."

      The Navy Seals should recruit her...
      • Jane Marek 4 mths ago
        Yes they need quality people like her and the one who shot himself in the head last week!
    • Alkoholic  •  4 mths ago
      Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi. Those Shiela's are tough. Glad she made it in one piece, more or less.
    • Tiresome Liberal Noise  •  4 mths ago
      And why is it exactlypeople want to jump off of high heights attached only with a rubber band?
      • Paul M 4 mths ago
        Totally agree... I don't trust them to hold up my socks, let alone keep me from being an "extreme sport" casualty statistic.
      • Dora 4 mths ago
        good question!
      • Charles 4 mths ago
        Too much time and money.
    • grove123  •  4 mths ago
      Safety regulations in Africa? Why would anyone in their right mind take such a risk?
      • Tabitha 4 mths ago
        Yes we have safety regulations in Africa but you know what, accidents happens everywhere
      • Jeff 4 mths ago
        Why?
        Because sitting on a couch is not life.
        Living over the edge is life
      • Born Free 4 mths ago
        I knew you had it figured out when you used the words "right mind". :-)
    • The Patriot  •  Fresno, California  •  4 mths ago
      perhaps the crocs were laughing too hard to chase her down?
      • WolfRider 4 mths ago
        Or in shock.
      • Jason Keeves 4 mths ago
        There aren't any crocs in that part of the river, I've been there, stood on the bridge looking at the jumpers....the bridge spans the Zambezi after the falls, so the water is too turbulent and fast for crocs to swim and hunt, just like some parts of the Colorado in the Grand Canyon, steep rocky walls and rough rapids - so no crocs. They do inhabit the more calm part of the river prior to the waterfall, there you will see tons of crocs and hippos.
      • JohnnyS 4 mths ago
        ^^^^ thank you Mr. Wikipedia
    • .  •  4 mths ago
      Makes Angelina Jolie look like a rookie! Way to go, girl!
      • Chris Chase 4 mths ago
        I wouldn't mess with those Aussie outbacks. I think even Chuck Norris would be intimidated.
    • bleeding heart  •  Rolling Meadows, Illinois  •  4 mths ago
      thank god I'm not allowed to have that much fun
    • James  •  Wilmington, North Carolina  •  4 mths ago
      Well, I am glad that the young lady survived...Bet she won't be bungee jumping anytime soon!
    • Larry Curly & Moe  •  Houston, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      that cat is down to 8 lives
    • TRILO  •  Everett, Washington  •  4 mths ago
      Hope they gave her money back?
    • melee401  •  4 mths ago
      Great piece of swimming. Glad she made it out pretty much OK.
    • Sporky McCrackin  •  4 mths ago
      I took bunji jumping off my to-do list a long long time ago.
    • blueyes  •  4 mths ago
      Well, at least King Croc wasn't down there waiting with his mouth open. I'll bet she beat all the speed records getting out of that river, though. Man, that's one tough woman. Special Ops should snap her up.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  Irvine, California  •  4 mths ago
      That is ONE tough chick!
    • Skip.  •  4 mths ago
      The very first time I ever saw/heard of this activity I knew it wasn't for me...lol
    • Deja Vu All Over Again  •  4 mths ago
      Plop, plop fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is! That's one lucky woman!
    • Greg  •  4 mths ago
      dont you just hate it when that happens?
    • Max the Disturbed Vizsla  •  4 mths ago
      She's a tough one. 99 out of 100 people would have drowned after that.
    • Teri  •  Colorado Springs, Colorado  •  4 mths ago
      ok, What in the living hell would posess someone to go bungee jumping in a 3rd world country with little to no national safety council over touristing events? Seriously. On the other hand, she's one tough #$%$ Gotta give repsect when it's due peeps.
    • BKG1949  •  Montoursville, Pennsylvania  •  4 mths ago
      This young lady is very lucky. When you tempt fate, sometimes bad things happen. She may not be so lucky next.
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