A woman from Hanoi has been rescued after falling off a cliff and spending a week in the wilderness. Nguyễn Thị Bích Liên (centre), sharing her story of survival. — VNA/VNS Photo In a story that resembles the hit movie ‘127 Hours’, 59-year-old Nguyễn Thị Bích Liên collapsed and fell off a cliff near Yên Tử Mountain, and was trapped there since April 27. Still conscious and able to walk, she was found by local officials at 9.15am on May 3, after spending a week surviving on meagre supplies. Liên said that she travelled to Quảng Ninh from Hanoi on April 27 for a Buddhist gathering at Đồng Pagoda in the Yên Tử Complex of Monuments and Landscapes. When she descended Yên Tử Mountain, she felt tired and sat down for a rest near the barriers of Đồng Pagoda. Due to hypotension, she felt dizzy when standing up, stumbled and fell to an area 30 metres below. As the area was densely forested, Liên was fortunate not to have sustained severe injuries. After the fall, Liên called for help and tried to climb up a tree, but failed and fell down again and fainted once more. When Liên woke up,… Read full this story
- Going, going... GONE! House worth £195,000 that was teetering on the edge of a cliff after a landslide completely collapses leaving shell-shocked mother-of-five owner with the 'clothes on our backs'
- Marriage on the rocks? Beachgoer is slammed after being pictured ‘PROPOSING to his partner’ on top of unstable cliffs - just after huge boulder fell nearby
- Two women found dead at bottom of 160ft cliffs at Sussex seaside resort
- FOUR THOUSAND migrants have crossed the channel this year: Toddlers and a baby in a gym bag are among at least 130 migrants landing in UK today on 13 boats as ministers threaten to send in the Navy to turn back the 'tide'
- UK ministers plead with France to get tough on Channel migrants amid warning that 7,500 could cross by Christmas - as full dinghy paddles straight past country's navy using shovels as oars
Woman who fell from cliff rescued after 7 days have 349 words, post on dtinews.vn at May 3, 2022. This is cached page on wBird. If you want remove this page, please contact us.