Aimee Copeland, then 24 years old, was a graduate student at UGA in 2012.
That year, she took a break from school to celebrate the final weeks of high school with her pals and prepare for graduation
The breathtaking scenery below can be viewed while zipping along a long, stretched wire. In most cases, it’s totally risk-free.
When it was Aimee’s turn, though, everything went wrong.
Aimee was about to plunge from a cliff when the cable gave way and she dropped. She had a leg amputated that day.
Tragically, the tragedy didn’t end when Aimee was transferred to the hospital.
It was considerably worse than the doctors had thought. The 24-year-old was in grave danger because flesh-eating germs had invaded the wound.
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