..Apu is shown taking a video from the cliff edge when a giant wave arrives to sweep her off the cliff and onto rocks, 40 feet below and alongside the treacherous Wormhole, the Irish Mirror reports.
The Wormhole, which is regularly used as a diving location for the Red Bull Cliff Diving series, is a natural rectangular shaped pool into which the sea ebbs and flow at the bottom of the cliffs south of Dún Aonghasa.
It can only be accessed by walking along by the cliffs.....
It was still dangerous on the cliff ledge and we sat her down to calm her before getting her all the way to safety”, said Seamus.
He managed to stabilise her ankle and kept her warm before the rescue helicopter arrived and whisked her across Galway Bay to hospital.
Today Apu said that Seamus and Fionnuala had saved her life.
A student of economics in London, she had only started taking a video of the scenery when she saw the giant wave coming at her. “I tried to run, but it pushed me straight down.
..Apu is shown taking a video from the cliff edge when a giant wave arrives to sweep her off the cliff and onto rocks, 40 feet below and alongside the treacherous Wormhole, the Irish Mirror reports.
The Wormhole, which is regularly used as a diving location for the Red Bull Cliff Diving series, is a natural rectangular shaped pool into which the sea ebbs and flow at the bottom of the cliffs south of Dún Aonghasa.
It can only be accessed by walking along by the cliffs.....
It was still dangerous on the cliff ledge and we sat her down to calm her before getting her all the way to safety”, said Seamus.
He managed to stabilise her ankle and kept her warm before the rescue helicopter arrived and whisked her across Galway Bay to hospital.
Today Apu said that Seamus and Fionnuala had saved her life.
A student of economics in London, she had only started taking a video of the scenery when she saw the giant wave coming at her. “I tried to run, but it pushed me straight down.
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As you watch the video you can almost feel that wave crashing into her and knocking her off the cliff.