She almost bled to death: Ashley Judd talks about horror accident in Congo

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She almost bled to death: Ashley Judd talks about horror accident in Congo

Actress Ashley Judd

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Ashley Judd broke her leg in Congo last year and had to be rescued from the rainforest. In an interview, the actress reported again about the accident.

A year ago, Ashley Judd died in an accident in the Congolese rainforest while traveling with a research team to observe bonobos. The 53-year-old stumbled over a tree trunk in the dark and fell so badly that her right shin broke four times. By doing US Podcast “Sex, Body & Soul” Judd spoke again about the accident and the subsequent rescue operation.

“I don’t know how the mind, body and soul come together to endure the unbearable. I’ve bitten a stick, I’ve screamed, I’ve cried, I’ve had convulsions. I’ve never passed out – I wish I could would have been like that,” she said. And further: “I knew that I couldn’t have any expectations, like when I would get help or if there would be a painkiller. I just had no expectations and I knew that I could only take one breath at a time .”

Accident in Congo: Ashley Judd lost a lot of blood

After five hours the group was found. Local helpers carried the actress back to her camp in a kind of cloth for an hour and a half. From there she was taken to the nearest larger town on a motorbike, the journey took six hours. Judd was flown to a hospital in South Africa, where she spent nine days.

“When I arrived my leg had no pulse and I was bleeding profusely. If I had been taken to Europe I would have bled to death,” Judd said. This saved her leg and her life. The 53-year-old was finally flown by helicopter to a clinic in the US state of Tennessee for a full recovery.

Despite the traumatic experience, Ashley Judd traveled back to Congo earlier this year. “That’s where I belong. I love it. It feels good,” she said in the podcast interview.

Source: “people”

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