Miraculously, Langworthy survived her fall, as well as the potential threat of lurking predators.
Speaking about her injuries in a Cover-More Youtube video, Langworthy recalled: “I was black and blue all over, my lungs were full of blood and water.”
A staff member from the bungee company managed to rescue her from the river, after which she was rushed straight to a hospital in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
Despite Langworthy’s fall occurring at 5:30 p.m., she only arrived at the hospital by 11:00 p.m., where she was placed on a ventilator and administered antibiotics to prevent infection.
What injuries did she sustain?
Medical professionals treated the young woman for injuries, such as partially collapsed lungs, and monitored her condition due to concerns over the contaminated water she had ingested.
Fortunately, X-ray results confirmed that she had not suffered any broken bones.
In an interview with The Guardian, Langworthy recalled: “I started coughing up blood and began to worry about internal injuries. I just felt exhausted and struggled to process what had happened.”
The bungee company later visited the woman in the hospital to apologize for the accident and expressed astonishment that she had survived such a dangerous incident.
What is the likelihood of surviving a bungee jump cord snap?
According to experts, the likelihood of surviving a bungee jump cord snap is extremely low due to the direct impact with the ground.
Modern bungee jumping has a very low fatality rate – about 1 in 500,000 jumps – but these odds are for the sport as a whole, not specifically for a cord snap.
