Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — A woman who tried to retrieve her lost phone from between boulders in Australia’s Hunter Valley became stuck upside down for seven hours before she was rescued earlier this month. Just the bare soles of the woman’s feet can be seen in photos of the incident posted on social media Monday by the New South Wales (NSW) Ambulance service. The woman’s name wasn’t formally released by rescue services but NSW Police said she was 23 years old. NSW Ambulance specialist rescue paramedic Peter Watts told CNN there was no phone signal in the area, so her friends had to leave her to phone for help. A delicate rescue operationFor the next seven hours, police, ambulance, fire and volunteer rescue crews worked to free her.

Source: CNN October 22, 2024 14:12 UTC