After being winched to safety following a mountain bike crash, Frank kindly made a donation to the Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust. Thank you, Frank, for your generosity and for sharing your story with us. This is Frank’s story – in his words.
On March 15 I had a bad mountain bike accident on the Wharfedale Track near Oxford. Adrian and Kaz and the pilot whose name I do not know winched me out through the trees in windy conditions and took me to Canterbury Hospital where I spent a week getting repaired.
My injuries were diagnosed as a comminuted fracture (a severe type of bone fracture) of the left pelvic wing and a torn adductor muscle from which, largely thanks to you, I have recovered enough to get back on the bike.
I cannot thank you enough for your unbelievably quick response and for Adrian and Kaz’s wonderful professionalism, skills and care as first responders. I was in a pretty bad way.
I wish I knew the pilot’s name, as he/she also deserves a special mention for so skillfully managing the aircraft in difficult windy conditions during the winch out.
