Horror footage shows the moment a 12-year-old girl broke four bones in her foot and ankle after jumping off a popular cliff in Victoria, Australia.
Sixth grader Sarah Jacka was injured when she jumped from The Pillars cliff at Mount Martha along the Mornington Peninsula at low tide.
Her father Chris was filming from the family boat when he heard his daughter scream and swam to help.
“I thought I was paralyzed, I couldn’t feel my legs at all,” Sarah said 9News.
Mr Jacka described the incident as “terrifying.” She thought her daughter had just “made a really easy jump” into the water.
“He said he couldn’t feel his legs so I was afraid he’d broken his back,” she said.
Horrific footage shows the moment a 12-year-old girl broke four bones in her foot and ankle after plunging from a popular cliff in Victoria. 9News
The young girl, who competes in the state diving team and dreams of becoming an Olympic diver, was rushed to hospital where she underwent surgery on Tuesday.
Mr Jacka said his daughter had been an “absolute trooper” since the incident, which she expected to take six months to recover from.
“He broke his tibia at the base, a chunk of the tibia came off, that was put back together with two screws,” he told Herald Sun.
Sarah Jacka’s father, Chris, was filming from the family boat when he heard his daughter scream out of the water and swam to help. 9News
“He’s also broken two elements of his talus, they’ve been reattached, so he’s doing a really good job on the ankle, there’s a lot of damage down there.”
With one leg in a cast and the other in a leg brace, Sarah now uses her father’s mechanical trolley to move around the house.
“It’s a bit sad because I’m very active and it’s hard not to do sports,” he said.
The 12-year-old girl broke her tibia and ankle, as well as breaking two elements of her talus, according to reports. 9News
A 24-year-old man broke his leg while jumping from the same cliff earlier this week.
The Mornington Peninsula Shire Council said they had closed off nearby views and placed warning signs on the cliffs to reduce activity at the popular site.
Sarah said she would never jump off a cliff again and warned others to “test the waters before you jump in.”x
“It wasn’t worth the injury,” his father added. “It’s not worth the risk for those 30 seconds of adrenaline.”
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