They heard a loud cracking sound before a 5 foot boulder fell 30 feet from above and trapped a European woman on North Table Mountain in Jefferson County, CO. The trapped woman got super lucky when two off-duty paramedics happened to cross paths with a panicked man running for help and were on scene moments after the the boulder fell. With the help of a mobile hydraulic system the woman’s legs were eventually freed and she was carried uphill an awaiting life flight helicopter. No word on her condition.

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