After three months of treatment and rehabilitation, including a period in an intensive care unit, Supornnee Kittirattana is now learning how to walk using her prosthetic leg, which she refers to as her “new leg”.

 

On June 29th, Supornnee accidentally fell into a gap on a malfunctioning moving walkway at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok. She became trapped, bleeding profusely from her injured leg, for about 45 minutes before she was extracted by EMTs and sent to nearby hospital for emergency treatment. As a result of her ordeal, her badly injured left leg had to be amputated at the knee to save her life.

 

Recalling the tragic event in a recent interview with Thai PBS, Supornnee said that, because of her inner strength, she managed to survive the excruciating pain for about 45 minutes, as she waited desperately to be freed from the gap under the travellator.

 

Full story: Thai PBS 2023-10-09

 

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Great that she can still smile after going through that experience.

It almost sounds and looks like she would have the other one off to claim a pair ..don't think I would be so jolly somehow ????

Everytime I use an escalator now, I'm thinking of this.

13 minutes ago, sikishrory said:

Everytime I use an escalator now, I'm thinking of this.

As should everyone, always.

 

Great to see that Supornnee recovering well and keeping a positive attitude. One of the great aspects of Thai society is the family support that they always seem to have when it's needed.

 

'She thanked her family, including her three children, and medical personnel for their moral and physical support, which gave her the strength needed to overcome her ordeal'.

She said that all agencies concerned, both private and government, should learn from her traumatic experience, that they must regularly check their escalators and moving walkways, ensuring that they are safe and functioning properly, to avoid a repetition of her terrifying and painful ordeal.

 

Er, yes, Obvious to most, but not part of Thai culture is it.

 

By contrast as an example, London Underground has staff who walk the tracks at night checking for defects - you know, before an accident happens. Also, train wheels are checked, and not only on the Underground.

I thought I read a few weeks ago that all moving walkways there had been checked. I can only assume they were checked and all found to be dangerous, as when I used the airport last week none at all that I saw were working, both in arrivals and departures.

Classy  got  to make a buck eh,  does it  include  leg  amputation due to total neglect ,incompetence and stupidity?

 

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6 hours ago, Moonlover said:

As should everyone, always.

 

Great to see that Supornnee recovering well and keeping a positive attitude. One of the great aspects of Thai society is the family support that they always seem to have when it's needed.

 

'She thanked her family, including her three children, and medical personnel for their moral and physical support, which gave her the strength needed to overcome her ordeal'.

Nice that that support was there for her of course. But I think that might apply to anyone anywhere. Thai support is no different to society anywhere else.