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Horse aids helicopter crash victim by Cameron Jahn -- Sacramento Bee Staff Writer
Published 8:09 pm PST Thursday, November 10, 2005
Authorities are amazed that a 26-year-old woman walked away from a helicopter crash Thursday afternoon near Sloughhouse that destroyed the vintage aircraft she was flying.
Perhaps even more remarkable, after walking nearly two miles from the crash site, Alika Rogers was rescued by a horse when her injured body could go no farther. Rogers had ducked under the fence near a ranch house, but could not get back to her feet. She screamed for help, but there was no one to help--except the horse in the pasture, which came to her side when those in the
house failed to hear her cries. "She couldn't get up, and it helped her get up," said Chester Peterson, who owns the 1951 Bell helicopter that Rogers was piloting solo, and runs Rancho
Rotors in Rancho Murieta. "It brought its head over by her, put the collar of her jacket in its mouth, and brought her over to the house." Fire officials reported Rogers suffered moderate injuries in the crash, and was in fair condition UC Davis Medical Center. Flying over the rural, open fields of southeast Sacramento County about 12:30 p.m., Rogers felt the helicopter begin to shudder, apparently from some sort of engine failure, said Capt. Steve Turner of the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District. "Our crews that talked to her are absolutely amazed by what she was able to accomplish by getting to safety," Turner said. The same yellow copter, registration number N16356, was forced to make an emergency landing last weekFriday after its tail rotor failed, Turner said. The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.
According to the sender the young woman had the following injuries ".......... suffered a broken back in FIVE places, a broken arm, broken thumb, and nearly every tooth in her mouth was crushed. Miraculously, she should have a full recovery......she.... has NO experience with horses and at first thought that the approaching horse would only harm her, but the horse not only proved her wrong but played a significant role in her getting help."
posted by Cowgirl @ 9:11 a.m.
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I'll vouch for horses having a sixth sense. As I was once very depressed, and contemplating a bad ending..My lil Arab mare came to me and started putting her nose into my arms over and over and pushing me to stand up and walk. I realized she was telling me she would have no one to feed her, or care about her, if I were not there, and got myself to a friend who as a police officer, recognized I need to have professional help. Now this little mare has a new filly, and I have a new way of thinking because of what it would do to her, her baby, and all my family and friends.
Wow, I am so glad that mare was there for you. This story above is actually my story. Looks like Sac Bee got it a little embellished. The horse, Cinnamon, did not carry me, but rather knelt down and let me cling my arms around it's neck and pulled me to my feet so that I could walk the rest of the way to the farm house. It was still an incredible behavior exhibited by this horse, but no, it did not carry me by my jacket.
Wow, I am so glad that mare was there for you. This story above is actually my story. Looks like Sac Bee got it a little embellished. The horse, Cinnamon, did not carry me, but rather knelt down and let me cling my arms around it's neck and pulled me to my feet so that I could walk the rest of the way to the farm house. It was still an incredible behavior exhibited by this horse, but no, it did not carry me by my jacket.
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