Koh Samui officials spent hours rescuing Polish woman who fell at waterfall
KOH SAMUI officials, policemen and navy sailors took five hours bringing a Polish woman tourist who slipped and fell at the top of a waterfall and broke her ankle down to safety yesterday (March 10), Naewna newspaper said today.
The female tourist, Ms. Monika (surname withheld), 38, slipped and fell while walking along the top of Na Mueang Song waterfall, Na Mueang subdistrict, and was unable to come down.
Upon being alerted Koh Samui’s volunteer defence officials, policemen from Koh Samui station, navy sailors from Samui Boat Station and rescuers from Kuson Songkhro Foundation and the island’s municipality went to the waterfall to rescue her taking high elevation rescue equipment with them.
After finding out that she had broken her right ankle, the rescue team started working on bringing her down from the top of the waterfall. As they had to work in the dark and Monika is heavy it took them five hours to rescue her after which she was sent to the hospital.
Eyewitnesses said Monika was walking on top of this waterfall, which is more than 200 metres high, and admiring the view when she slipped and fell on the rocks causing her right ankle to break.
Photo: Naewna
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