American tourist survives headlong fall in Switzerland
Logan Moore, 25, said he wasn't sure he would make it out alive after falling headlong 50 feet off a cliff in Switzerland last week. He suffered a dizzying fall after slipping on slippery moss while taking a panoramic video on a mountain hike.
Slippery moss on the edge of a cliff in Switzerland turned an attempted panoramic shot into a near-death scenario for an American tourist.
Logan Moore, 25, made a misstep last week while trying to capture the stunning view from the top of a mountain hike in Interlaken, Switzerland, on his phone.
Two weeks earlier, the Arizonan took a one-way flight with his cousin for the backpacking trip of a lifetime.
“I took video the second before I fell,” he told Fox 10 Phoenix.
He plummeted 25 feet, hit his head on a rock and lost consciousness.
A clip from the video Logan Moore took just seconds before falling 50 feet off a cliff in Switzerland. (FoxNews)
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“That platform on my back and that momentum sent me into the crevasse where I fell another 25 feet head first and got stuck at the bottom,” Moore said.
Moore said when he reached the bottom of the crevice, he wasn't sure he would come out alive.
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Rescuers are shown pulling Moore out of the crevasse after his fall. (Fox 10 Phoenix)
“I accepted what it is and said goodbye. At that moment, I didn't know if I was going to make it. Then, once I heard my cousin's voice and my friends in heaven, I knew they weren't there. “I'm not going anywhere until they release me,” he recalled.
Within 20 minutes, the Swiss mountain rescue team arrived by helicopter. Rescuers rappelled down to find Moore and began the descent to where he fell.
“Then he was able to put the harness around my legs and over my left shoulder, and they had to lift me up about ten feet and then go through a little bit, like ten feet because it was so thin, the crack was so small,” Moore said.
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Moore's recovery could take three to six months, he said. (Fox 10 Phoenix)
Moore was flown to a nearby hospital, where he was treated for a broken right shoulder, a broken left scapula, two fractured vertebrae, and multiple bruises and lacerations, according to a GoFundMe for his medical expenses set up by his family.
Now, Moore has returned to Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in his home state of Arizona to recover.
Moore suffered a shattered right shoulder, a broken left scapula, two fractured vertebrae, and multiple bruises and lacerations. (Fox 10 Phoenix)
His mother, who flew overseas to be with her son after the crash, told Fox 10 Phoenix that he is “probably the luckiest kid on the planet.”
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“I'm beyond grateful for that rescue team,” she said.
Moore told the outlet that his recovery could take three to six months; non-refundable tickets to the upcoming Olympics are his motivation to heal, he said.
