Tucson woman learning to walk again after breaking leg in cave

A 27-year-old Tucson woman is learning to walk again after a life-changing accident in a cave near Oracle left her with severe leg injuries and required a dramatic rescue.

Monahsetah Blake fell 15 feet while exploring a cave about 15 minutes outside of Oracle, snapping her tibia in half and shattering her fibula. The accident happened about 1,000 feet from the cave’s entrance.

“Rescue came. It took them about an hour. He actually came through the little squeeze, other guys were staying on the other side, and he was like ‘hey like they can’t get the guys in here to administer any pain. He was like you are going to have to do this,” Blake said…

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