Cornwall surfer Tom Lowe suffers serious injuries in 'brutal' big wave fall

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Cornwall surfer Tom Lowe suffers serious injuries in 'brutal' big wave fall
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He had internal bleeding, six broken ribs and feared he might not make it to hospital alive.

He told BBC News from his hospital bed in Tahiti that after taking off deep on the wave he was thrown forward."When you fall here there's a high chance of hitting the reef and when you hit the reef, you're gonna get caught or broken.

"Basically you just try and cover your head and keep your limbs in so they don't get ripped out, which I did.Moments before calamity as Mr Lowe takes off on the wave"No-one came to help, I couldn't talk, I could barely breathe," he said. "So it was quite a process and very energy consuming and then I finally got to the beach and somebody helped."

After another half hour of staggering through the jungle he made it to an ambulance before being airlifted to hospital where he had surgery and a blood transfusion.Image source,

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