Anna Bågenholm

“After seven minutes of struggling to get her out, the friends called the nearest hospital – 100 miles away – and volunteers nearby.”

“For 40 minutes Anna struggled beneath the ice – then she stopped moving.”

“Her body temperature was later recorded at 13.7 degrees.”

“She had been trapped for almost 80 minutes and her heart had stopped.”

“Her heart stopped for two hours and 45 minutes.”

“After nine hours in the operating room and with help from around 100 medics, she started to regain consciousness a week or so after the accident.”

“Four months after the accident she was walking in the mountains again and two months later, she was skiing again.”

“Anna was eventually able to return to work after a year.”

“The running meltwater pulled Anna under, and at 30cm, the ice was too thick to break.”

“The rescue helicopter arrived shortly after, a medic intubated her and the team took her to the University Hospital of North Norway in Tromsø, 100 miles away, and they carried out manual CPR througho…”