Woman, 86, hangs upside down for 27 hours in dark cellar
July 3rd, 2011 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANSLondon, July 3 (IANS) An elderly lady in Britain remained hanging upside-down in a dark cellar for 27 hours after she fell and trapped her leg in a ladder.
Joan Eaborn, 86, fell as she tried to climb into her cellar through a trapdoor to reach the electricity fuse box after the power was cut to her home in Ipswich, Suffolk, the Daily Mail reported.
It was only after a friend found Eaborn that she was cut free by firefighters.
“I was just hanging there like a bat,” said Eaborn last night, adding: “I quickly realised that there wasn’t much I could do but to keen positive and try to spread the weight off my trapped leg.”
“I am a strong believer that with a bit of positive thinking and with enough willpower you can keep going and get through these things,” said Eaborn as she recovered in hospital from a leg injury and hypothermia.
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