On Monday evening, there were dramatic scenes in Graz: a 67-year-old woman slipped so unhappily while picking flowers on an embankment that she fell into the icy Mur, which is currently under water. The pensioner had several guardian angels, she could be rescued almost unharmed.
“How you can fall into the water right now is beyond me. The fact is, however, that the woman was very lucky, because the ingredients for a sad ending were in order,” summarizes Ingo Mayer of the Graz professional fire brigade in an interview with “Krone”.
Picking wild flowers
The 54-year-old led the operation on Monday evening, which took place at the Schwimmschulkai near Ortweingasse. The woman was standing on the footpath and bicycle path with two traveling companions, including her sister. Emergency services can’t answer exactly why she descended the steep slope: “We were told the lady wanted to pick flowers or other plants,” Mayer said.
Police officer immediately helped
“The woman was able to save herself on the coast, but she could not take the very last step on the smooth, steep bank,” Fritz Grundnig, spokesman for the Styrian State Police Directorate, also knows the background of the accident.
An officer of the Wienerstrae police inspectorate was immediately present as first aider and gave the 67-year-old a hand. “The victim of the accident had not just one guardian angel, but a few,” says Mayer, pleased with the story’s happy ending. “The Mur at the moment is certainly not 15 degrees plus the flood – it could have turned out very differently,” says the expert from experience.
Source: Krone
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