Charlotte Hollins Anderton, 23, plummeted 30ft while working as a camp leader in the US and endured an eight-hour wait for rescue with a fractured spine, two shattered feet and internal bleeding
A British woman has suffered a “life changing accident” while working as a camp leader in the US and has been stuck in hospital ever since, her family have said.
Charlotte Hollins Anderton, 23, from Abergele, Wales, plummeted 30ft and lay with a fractured spine, two shattered feet and internal bleeding for eight hours before rescue arrived. Her heartbroken family say she required numerous surgeries and intensive care treatment – and have since set up a fundraising appeal to assist in bringing the young Brit home, North Wales Live reports. A statement on the GoFundMe page reads: “Our beautiful Charlotte was tragically involved in a life changing accident whilst working as a camp leader this summer.
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“She has suffered a life threatening fall on the 4th July and has been hospitalised since. Her fall resulted in spinal and foot fractures requiring multiple surgeries, internal bleeding, and admission to the intensive care unit.” It comes after a woman, 20, was found dead on bus with 26 iPhones glued to her body.
Charlotte’s family said: “She’s also dealing with intense emotional trauma from the fall and it breaks our hearts that we can’t be there to help. But on top of all of the unimaginable pain and suffering, while we have been deciding what to do as a family, we were just hit with another worry that her insurance company will not be covering the cost of repatriation from America to back home.”
The family added that Charlotte urgently needs to return home to the UK so that she can access specialist care via the NHS and continue her recovery with them by her side. “It is because of this that we are reaching out to her friends, and our community around us, to ask if anyone can spare anything to help us with the costs related to her care and journey home,” the statement adds.
The fundraiser has almost reached £10,000, but Charlotte’s family say her repatriation currently costs £45,000. “We know this is a difficult time financially for so many, and if you are not able to donate, then PLEASE can we ask you to share this far and wide, on your social media and around your work,” they said.
The family further explained they never thought they would find themselves in such a situation, asking for support when all they desired “is to have her home.” The statement continued: “We will be keeping everyone updated every step of the way, and thank you all so much already for your kind words, promises of donations and support.
“It means more to us than you could imagine. Thank you so much.”
