r/interesting • u/386attention • 29d ago

MISC. A grandma broke her nose while hiking, didn't want the helivac, and ended up spinning out of control. She won a $450,000 lawsuit.

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u/IKIR115 29d ago edited 27d ago

The news story about this event. The woman is Katalin Metro.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hiker-who-spun-uncontrollably-during-helicopter-rescue-thought-she-was-n1014981

And the news story about the $450k settlement she received.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2021/12/01/phoenix-consider-settlement-womans-helicopter-rescue/8825291002/

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EDIT: Big thanks to u/Tim_Bracken whose comment pointed out the above link was paywalled, and provided a link via web archive!

Your second link is paywalled. Here is a link everyone can read:
https://web.archive.org/web/20260919035405/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2021/12/01/phoenix-consider-settlement-womans-helicopter-rescue/8825291002/

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u/WisebloodNYC 28d ago

> Firefighters said what happened to Metro is rare, but they train for the unlikely event

Train more.

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u/CraftsBoy2Craftsman 28d ago

you didn’t see him stick his foot out to try and stop it?

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u/untakentakenusername 28d ago

Why even have 1 rope going down and not 2? That would have prevented this problem, no?

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u/a_lonely_trash_bag 28d ago

According to the article in the first comment, there was a second rope, but it broke.

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u/untakentakenusername 28d ago

Ohhh. They should have put her in the helicopter. Tsk.Hopei in future they being spares or put patients inside. What if the only rope broke from all the centrifuge?

Man. Poor lady

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u/Artemis_SpawnOfZeus 28d ago

When you get heli-lifted lile that, generally the helicopter was unable to land. It hovered low, and they hooked her up to the underside.

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u/mkeurr 28d ago

For the funeral? 👀

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u/Friendly-Example-701 28d ago

That’s it. She deserved more.

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u/Stratifyed 28d ago

If Old Metro don’t trust you she gon sue you

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u/Ok-Alternative-5175 28d ago

How did she count those spins?

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u/Fifth-Dimension-Chz 28d ago

Just want to be clear she went hiking in the summer when it was well above 100 degrees. She put everyones life in danger that day to rescue her then won a lawsuit. When being stupid pays off. Im local

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u/Glum-Substance-3507 28d ago

She wasn’t being evacuated because of heat exhaustion.

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u/Fifth-Dimension-Chz 28d ago

She still did it though putting everyone elses life in danger. You know how dangerous it is hike in 110f. How selfish it was to put everyone in that situation Thats why there was a helicopter to begin with. Stories leave out the real details for clicks.

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u/Apprehensive-Cod1477 27d ago

The whole thing happened in the morning when it under 80°F.

They advise that you hike between 5am and 8am. They were on their way back out at 7:15am when she fell and broke her nose and hurt her leg. She specifically asked not to be airlifted because it was unnecessary. They said she'd aggravate her leg injury and requested the helicopter.