A young woman who suffered horrific injuries when she plunged 40ft from a fourth-floor balcony during a party has miraculously taken her first steps since the fall. Sophie Bracken, 23, broke her back, pelvis, legs and shattered her ankle in 30 places after landing on a concrete pavement.
She'd been celebrating a friend’s birthday when she opened the window of her pal's fourth-floor apartment to get some fresh air. But she got too close to the edge and lost her balance before falling 40ft onto the pavement below, landing on her back, in the early hours of Sunday, September 4.
Her screams for help were eventually heard by a taxi passenger who got the driver to pull over and help. Doctors feared Sophie would be permanently paralysed due to the nature of her injuries.
