Animal lover breaks back in fall from window

A woman broke her back after falling 30ft from her window – trying to save an injured bird.

Animal lover Michelle Boothroyd climbed out onto a ledge to help rescue a stricken starling from a gutter.

But she lost her balance and fell. Husband Brian, 36, grabbed hold of her but she eventually lost her grip and plunged from the third floor window.



The 21-year-old fractured her pelvis in three places, broke three spinal vertebrae and snapped her left arm in two.

After she fell Mr Boothroyd, a former lifeguard, frantically ran down four flights of stairs to help his injured wife.

'People at the hospital have been saying that she shouldn't have survived a fall that high', he said.