Ashley Judd Shares Photos Of Her Rescue From Congo Jungle

Ashley Judd accident photos reveal the actor's painful ordeal: Hollywood actor Ashley Judd shared photos of her rescue from a jungle in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday. The 52-year-old actor and activist had injured her right leg in a serious accident in a jungle where she went to research bonobo apes. She was then taken to a hospital after spending hours in immense pain.

In the 10 pictures she uploaded, we can see two men carrying Ashley Judd in a makeshift hammock and then on a motorbike, to the hospital. In other photos, we see how she was helped and comforted by the local people after she shattered her leg at multiple places.

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Sharing the photos, Judd thank that people of Congo for their help, writing, "Without my Congolese brothers and sisters, my internal bleeding would have likely killed me, and I would have lost my leg. I wake up weeping in gratitude, deeply moved by each person who contributed something life giving and spirit salving during my grueling 55 hour odyssey."

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Talking about the women who also helped her, she wrote, "The women! My sisters who held me. They blessed me."

The Accident

Ashley Judd met with an accident in a jungle of Congo, where she went for her research on bonobo apes. She tripped over a fallen tree in the dark.

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In an Instagram live video with the New York Times on Friday, she appeared from an ICU unit in South Africa, where she was recovering, to share her traumatic experience in the jungle.

The Double Jeopardy actor recalled her painful accident and revealed that she was in an 'incredibly harrowing condition' for 55 hours and added that she was lying on the forest floor for the first five hours, biting her stick like a 'wild animal howling'. She was comforted by her colleagues during the ordeal, handling her ‘catastrophic’ leg.

She said, “I was going into shock. The pain was really bad and my teeth were chattering. I was in cold sweat and feeling nauseous and thirsty.”

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Before reaching the operation unit in South Africa, Ashley was carried in a hammock for an hour. After that, she was taken out of the rainforest to her camp. She was later driven on a motorbike for six hours and had to stay the night in pain, holding the top part of her shattered leg together. “I was at the edge of my very edge,” she said. Read more about it here.

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