Woman survives plunge above Yosemite Falls

A woman hiking above Upper Yosemite Fall in Yosemite National Park this weekend survived a nearly 25-feet plunge, officials said Monday, landing on a granite slab along the creek and suffering a major pelvic injury that prevented her from walking. A park service rescue team responded Saturday afternoon to the woman, identified as a 28-year-old visitor from the Netherlands, who was about 100 yards from the trail and just above where Yosemite Creek drops 1,400 feet. The visitor was taken by helicopter to Ahwahnee Meadow, where an ambulance drove her to a hospital outside the park, according to the California Highway Patrol. “There’s only two bones in your body when broken that you can actually die from: the pelvis and your femur,” said CHP Officer Johnny Fisher, whose agency furnished the helicopter for the rescue.