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Young man fractures spine in 'world record attempt' waterfall plunge

Young man fractures spine in 'world record attempt' waterfall plunge

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An adrenaline junkie sustained a fractured spine and sternum as well as a burst eardrum after jumping off a 140-foot waterfall.
21-year-old Aussie Vali Graham took the plunge from the top of Minnehaha Falls in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.
Vali claimed it was a record-breaking height to jump from, with footage showing the daredevil knocking himself unconscious when he broke the water surface. 21-year-old Aussie Vali Graham took the plunge from the top of Minnehaha Falls in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. Pic: Vali Graham/ Instagram
New York Post report that the youngster was rushed to hospital, where he underwent emergency surgeries.
Taking to social media, Vali thanked God as he updated his 67,000 followers after the terrifying experience.
The young man revealed he was knocked unconscious when he hit the water, and sustained a burst eardrum and fractures in his spine, sternum and skull near the burst eardrum. An adrenaline junkie sustained a fractured spine and sternum as well as a burst eardrum after jumping off a 140-foot waterfall. Pic: Vali Graham/ Facebook
Miraculously, Vali regained consciousness and was able to pull himself out of the water and walk the steep 1.2km to his friend's car, where he was taken to the hospital.
He said: 'The support was amazing, I've had surgery on my back and sternum and was walking two days after surgery. Back home now, on my feet and grateful for life, good friends, family and God.
'A set back is an opportunity to show how bad you really want it and I am honestly mentally feeling amazing, ready to rebuild my body better than ever and come back stronger, a long way to go but excited for the journey.'
Social media users took to the comments with many scolding the youngster for the insane waterfall plunge.
'Definitely not worth it for an Instagram clip,' one wrote, while another hit out: 'Dude you jumped from the height of a 13 storey building and now my taxes have to pay for your dumb choices.'
A third added: 'Why, in that big caption did you not thank the doctors a single time. Lots of thanking god but not the humans that actually operated on you. Hmm.'
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