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Ashley Judd describes how she broke her leg in the Congo
Ashley Judd has recounted a painful ordeal she believes almost cost her a leg after she tripped in a Congolese rainforest and was evacuated by motorbike.
Key points:
- Judd said she was injured while in a rainforest looking for bonobos in the Congo
- The actor said she tripped over a log and the fall shattered her tibia, which left her howling in pain
- All up, she said it took 55 hours to travel to an operating table in South Africa
The actor said she was stuck on the ground for five hours with a “badly misshapen leg,” biting a stick and “howling like a wild animal” due to the pain.
Judd, 52, was injured when, up early with researchers in a rainforest looking for bonobos, she tripped over a log and the fall shattered her tibia.
She was carried from…
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