0:00:02 > 0:00:03If you're seriously ill
0:00:03 > 0:00:08or critically injured up here, your life is in real danger...
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Complaining of severe pain.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Mid-30s. Been ejected from a vehicle.
0:00:14 > 0:00:15..hospital's an hour away by road
0:00:15 > 0:00:19and speed is the only thing that can save you...
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Roger, Helimed 99 is en route. Over.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23..the Yorkshire Air Ambulance
0:00:23 > 0:00:27and its highly trained paramedics are scrambled 1,000 times year.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28Tell me what's happened.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32A small child has been on the path. A wagon's ran over him.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Many of its ex-military pilots flew the SAS into action.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39That's not a suitable landing site. This one here is.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Welcome to the life-and-death world of the helicopter heroes.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- Today on Helicopter Heroes... - There's three critical.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10..there's a major emergency operation
0:01:10 > 0:01:13on the UK's highest motorway as a minibus overturns...
0:01:13 > 0:01:16We've got the police, fire, ourselves, two aircraft.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20..a climber is badly hurt and his son sees it happen...
0:01:20 > 0:01:22He twisted his foot and it snapped.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27..a rare reaction to a wasp sting leaves an angler's life in danger...
0:01:27 > 0:01:30There is some indication his heart has some damage.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35..and the Helimed team are called in to assist in a complicated cave rescue.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39It could be very catastrophic. They don't have the right equipment.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49A stag night is not just an evening down the pub these days.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Some grooms are taken away for days on end by their mates
0:01:52 > 0:01:54on a liquid farewell to their bachelorhood.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56But one day in West Yorkshire,
0:01:56 > 0:02:01a stag party was involved in accident no-one would ever forget.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08The crew of Helimed 99 know they are only ever one phone call away
0:02:08 > 0:02:13from dealing with an accident so serious, it's declared a major incident, or majax.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16And today, that's what they face.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Despatched to a detail
0:02:18 > 0:02:22just on the outskirts of Leeds involving a bus that's overturned.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24I don't know what else is involved.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27We do estimate there's about 20 passengers on board.
0:02:27 > 0:02:34On the M62, the UK's highest motorway, a minibus carrying a stag party has overturned.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Many of the passengers have been thrown through the windows.
0:02:38 > 0:02:4599. We've landed on the slip road of the M62, junction 42.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49There is plenty of space for a second aircraft, potentially three. Over.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53James Vine is among the first paramedics on scene.
0:02:53 > 0:02:59- And this is what he sees... - A head injury.- Yes.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03He has seen enough to know they need more help and helicopters.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08- 99.- We will have 6-3 as well, please. There's three critical.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Casualties are littering the motorway embankment.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15There are so many, the ambulance service must prioritise them.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20James is put in charge of deciding who most needs help.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22What have you got, mate?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25We've just got one patient. Is that all right?
0:03:25 > 0:03:31- Top to toe?- Yes.- He's a three. Put him on as a three, please.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34P1s have life-threatening injuries.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37P2s need urgent medical care.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41P3s need treatment, but can wait if necessary.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Moving very little air at the moment.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47He's complaining of severe pain to his leg.
0:03:47 > 0:03:52- OK. - The doctor's got my stethoscope.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54You're all right.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59This guy's going to be going first. 46-year-old male.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03Acute shortness of breath. He is moving air.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05I've listened to his chest, but it's painful.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09A palpation to his right side, rear. All right. OK?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- Is there another aircraft coming? - Yes.
0:04:11 > 0:04:18James must make sure the victims are flown to hospital as soon as possible
0:04:18 > 0:04:21and Helimed 98 is now ready to join the operation.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26- You're going to be going to the LGI in five minutes with the P1.- OK.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Simon Ward is going to jump on the cab with you,
0:04:29 > 0:04:34- leave Lee on the roof and come straight back...- I've got that. - ..with Simon Ward.
0:04:34 > 0:04:40Roger. 99 will be lifting next three minutes for LGI. Patient his mid-30s.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45Been ejected from vehicle. Back and neck injuries.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46No obs in neurology.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51We are going off with a gentleman, a 40-year-old with severe chest problems.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55He has got breathing difficulties, so I'm going to take him on my own
0:04:55 > 0:04:58and we we'll pick a doctor up at the scene and come back.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04Dave, can you see if you can contact the team at the LGI?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06See if they can meet us on the roof
0:05:06 > 0:05:10and we can come straight back here. This side, mate. Wait a second.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15As Lee takes off, flying paramedic Darren Axe hits the ground running.
0:05:15 > 0:05:21- What've we got, Col? - Going to the helicopter. - Colin, take that one, mate.
0:05:21 > 0:05:28- What have we got?- Pain in his back. Pain when he moves. His neck hurts.
0:05:28 > 0:05:35- Is he the next worse one? - This guy potentially, his spine.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39- His airway breathing is fine.- OK.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- Pop him on primary initially. OK, are you happy with the P2?- Yeah.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45OK, just mark him up as a P2 please, mate.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47What have you got?
0:05:47 > 0:05:53- We are going to get him on board. - Injuries.- At the moment, he's got a head injury.
0:05:53 > 0:05:59- Yeah.- Possible... - Happy at a P2 a the moment.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03- What have you got, sweetheart? - Fracture.- Right wrist. OK.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05No worries. Nothing top to toe.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- He's fine everywhere else. - Everywhere else.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12There are that many people around here, just trying to ascertain...
0:06:12 > 0:06:16Ambulance crews from all over Yorkshire have been scrambled to the scene,
0:06:16 > 0:06:21including the boss of the county's 3,000 paramedics, Dr Alison Walker.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24James has identified the three P1s.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- One's on SASH, Alison.- Yes. - The other one's round the corner and this is the other P1.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33- There are three other P2s...- Yep. - ..and three that are not priority. - OK.- So...
0:06:40 > 0:06:44The trauma unit of Leeds General Infirmary has only one helipad.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46James must make sure choppers quickly clear
0:06:46 > 0:06:50if its patients aren't to be delayed.
0:06:50 > 0:06:5699. To update you, 98 will be lifting in the next four minutes heading for LGI.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00If you can just speak to the lads on the roof and get them to start moving out of the way. Over.
0:07:00 > 0:07:06This is no training exercise. The adrenalin is pumping.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11- What's your next priority? - I want him out of the way. One in the middle.- That's the priority.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15James knows there could still be other casualties still lying undiscovered.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21And the survival of some of the victims is in real doubt.
0:07:30 > 0:07:35There is never a good time to be hurt, but if you are a parent,
0:07:35 > 0:07:39it's particularly traumatic if you're the casualty and you are with one of your children.
0:07:39 > 0:07:45But one a rock climber in the Pennines had good reason to be glad his 11-year-old son was with him.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51Yorkshire's crags, gorges and cliff edges are playgrounds for climbers.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55From Everest veterans, to school groups taking to the rock for the first time.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59But one of the simplest forms of climbing is bouldering -
0:07:59 > 0:08:04tackling short routes close to the ground without ropes or equipment.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09- Ow, ow!- On a windy hilltop on the Yorkshire and Lancashire border,
0:08:09 > 0:08:15Andy Heginbotham has fallen 10ft onto his ankle while bouldering with his 11-year-old son.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22He fell off the rock face just over there and he rolled
0:08:22 > 0:08:25and twisted his foot and it snapped.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28And the bone is hanging out of his leg.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30It's really bad.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- Ow, ow!- Although it's clear Andy has badly broken his ankle,
0:08:33 > 0:08:38paramedic Kate is also worried he could have serious back and neck injuries, as well.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40If we just get this collar on
0:08:40 > 0:08:43and will you be able to hold his head for me?
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Just keep your head nice and still. Don't shake it.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- Please, be careful.- All right, mate.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53He's been climbing on this area and he has fallen off here.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56He's normally a good climber, but today must have been a bad day.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01He has just slipped off and landed funny and he's snapped one of his bones in his leg.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04What were you doing, Andy, climbing or walking?
0:09:04 > 0:09:10- Attempting to climb.- Attempting to climb! Not too well, eh?- Not today.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Andy needs some drugs to reduce his pain.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17But climbers are very protective about their equipment.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19So Kate's scissors are not welcome near his new top.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- I'm going to need to cut your jumper, I'm afraid.- Why?
0:09:22 > 0:09:25So I can get to a vein to give you some pain relief.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- Can we roll it up? - Yes, we can do.
0:09:28 > 0:09:33- The military say don't leave a good man behind. We say... - Don't leave your gear behind.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38- That's the one. - 'It happened so quickly, to be honest. It was at halfway up.'
0:09:38 > 0:09:43And he just lost his hand and he has come off and as he's come down, he's landed funny on his leg.
0:09:43 > 0:09:49- It can happen to anybody. - I just want to give you some good pain relief.- Yeah, same here!
0:09:49 > 0:09:50I'm trying my best.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55But Andy is so cold, Kate is finding it difficult to find a suitable vein
0:09:55 > 0:09:58to inject the pain-killing drug into.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01You're not a very good shot with that!
0:10:01 > 0:10:04- It's because you're cold. She's cracking at darts!- Yeah!
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- What's that for? - To hold it in place.
0:10:07 > 0:10:13Andy's being well looked after. Not just by the paramedics and the local volunteer mountain rescue team,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16but also by his son Lewis.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18You keep talking to your dad.
0:10:18 > 0:10:24He got his foot in, but because he's got no ropes on, he slipped.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- And, like, it just went all wrong. - HE LAUGHS
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Ow! It feels like you're ripping my leg off.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36I was nearly sick. It's really horrible.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38HE SIGHS
0:10:38 > 0:10:43- What are you doing now, cutting the top off?- No, we're just cutting his jeans,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45so we can have a good look at his leg while we're moving it.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Agh! Ow! No, no, no!
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- It's pinched under.- Is it?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52We'll leave it in.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55It needs to be splinted so they can move him to the helicopter.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59But every movement is excruciatingly painful.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Agh! No, no, no.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04- No!- I'm just going to hold it. I'm not pulling any more.- You are!
0:11:04 > 0:11:08- Get off it! Please.- If I let it go... It's not supported.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11I'm supporting it there till we get it in place.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Injuries as bad as this often never fully heal.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18To give him the best chance, Pete and Kate need to realign his ankle,
0:11:18 > 0:11:21but it's clear that might be impossible.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Straighten your leg. That's it, straighten your leg.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36For some people, a simple allergy can be a serious business.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Nuts, shellfish, even some medication,
0:11:40 > 0:11:44can provoke an extreme reaction in an unlucky few.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49This is one thing about summer very few of us would miss - wasps.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54They may be good for your flowers, but being stung can put you right off them.
0:11:54 > 0:12:00And if you are one of those unlucky people who have an allergic reaction to their stings,
0:12:00 > 0:12:02it can be fatal.
0:12:02 > 0:12:08Helimed 98. Our ETA now three minutes. 08:55. Thank you.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13Today, Helimed 98 has been scrambled to a fishing lake near Doncaster
0:12:13 > 0:12:18to rescue an angler who's showing signs of heart problems following a sting.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20A crew are already on scene
0:12:20 > 0:12:24and have identified they believe he's having a heart attack.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28They have contacted the Sheffield General Hospital,
0:12:28 > 0:12:33which is quite a long way away by land, but time matters.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37It looks like there is a golf course adjacent, so we might...
0:12:37 > 0:12:40That will be fine, I'm sure. Parked yellow vehicle to look at.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44I'll let Doncaster know we are landing.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Helimed, probably landing in one minute.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Steve Williamson was taking part in a fishing competition
0:12:50 > 0:12:52when the wasp stung him.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57It's the fourth time in the last two weeks and his body is reacting badly.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01- Going to continue into the field.- OK.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Still over the wires.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- Got visual with everybody. - OK, your side?- Yes.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Just over grass now.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Yes, still looks good my side.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15The grass completely in front, rear left of the fence.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18All fine from left.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Still all good. You've got a lot of people, but they all in here.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29Paramedics have detected an irregular heartbeat and low blood pressure.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Doctors at Northern General fear it could be anaphylactic shock.
0:13:34 > 0:13:39- How are you feeling? - A lot better than I was.- Yes? Good.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44- Unable to give pain relief because initial BP was 75 systolic.- Fine.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Steve's wife Christine has been told and has come to keep him company.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53He's going to be flown direct to the heart unit of Sheffield's biggest hospital.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57He said to me, "Blooming heck, something's bitten me again."
0:13:57 > 0:13:59He had a little red mark on his arm.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02And he went to his car and one of the lads came to me
0:14:02 > 0:14:07and said, "Go and have a look at Steve, I don't think he's very well, he's in the car."
0:14:07 > 0:14:08I said, "He'll be rolling his fags!"
0:14:08 > 0:14:12I went and had a look and he didn't look a very good colour.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14He was complaining of pains in his chest.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Steve's been taken directly to the hospital's cardiac unit.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22He's had some sort of anaphylactic episode
0:14:22 > 0:14:27that's dropped his blood pressure and made him feel really unwell.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32But, when they've done his ECG, there is some indication that his heart has some damage.
0:14:32 > 0:14:37It seems to be reverting now, but because angioplasty have accepted him
0:14:37 > 0:14:40and he is stable, we'll take him straight there, anyway.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Paramedic Sammy knows that anaphylaxis can kill.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46The body is over-reacting to the sting.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49It's flooding his bloodstream with the hormone histamine.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54Victims can choke to death as their windpipe and lungs are constricted.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59- We'll look after him, all right? - I know you will. Love you.- Cheerio.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02We're wiring you up for sound again, now, boss.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07Steve's being wired up to the choppers onboard ECG monitor.
0:15:07 > 0:15:12If necessary, they'll be able to shock his heart back into a normal rhythm in mid-air.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Everyone is hoping that won't be necessary.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26In just 12 minutes, Steve will be in the hands of cardiac specialists.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30The team aren't sure whether he is only suffering from a reaction to the sting,
0:15:30 > 0:15:34or whether his heart problem is unconnected.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38Doctors at the Northern General discover that Steve is seriously ill
0:15:38 > 0:15:42and, for 24 hours, he is under constant care from nurses.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48When I arrived at the Northern General Hospital,
0:15:48 > 0:15:50I started feeling itchy.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52We discovered that my body
0:15:52 > 0:15:54from my neck to my knees had come out in a severe rash.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58I spoke to a staff nurse about it and they fetched a doctor
0:15:58 > 0:16:03and I think it's at that stage they realised it was a severe reaction to the wasp sting.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Steve's rare reaction is going to change his life.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14And his job as a cemetery groundsman is not going to make that easy.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17The wasp had sent my heart into shock
0:16:17 > 0:16:23and I've since been told I was very close to actual cardiac arrest
0:16:23 > 0:16:26and no doubt if the helicopter hadn't got me to the Northern General
0:16:26 > 0:16:30in the amount of time they did, I might not be talking to you now.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34From now on, this will be in Steve's pocket all the time.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37It's an EpiPen,
0:16:37 > 0:16:40which injects a dose of adrenalin directly into his bloodstream.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44It's the antidote for a sting, next time, Steve's been warned,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47a wasp attack could be fatal.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Now let's return to the M62 in West Yorkshire
0:16:58 > 0:17:01where paramedics are struggling to deal
0:17:01 > 0:17:04with the casualties of a minibus crash involving a stag party.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10The minibus has rolled over on a slip road
0:17:10 > 0:17:13and many victims have been thrown out.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17Paramedic James Vine is in charge of prioritising patients.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21James has identified the three P1s.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25- One's on SASH, Alison.- Yes. - One's around the corner and this is the other P1.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29There are three other P2s and three that are not priority.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32P1 is the most seriously injured.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37I want him flown next, him out of the way next. He is my only P1 left on scene.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42And I've got P2s that are stable. Just ejection injuries.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44We are waiting for this patient
0:17:44 > 0:17:48to be secured and immobilised then we're going to lift
0:17:48 > 0:17:49this other patient.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54Once again, a massive team effort. Massive amounts of resource on scene.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58We're going to try to do the best we can for as many people as we can.
0:17:58 > 0:18:04Heart rate is 110. Sats 100% on air.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06BP 115 over 70.
0:18:06 > 0:18:1099 has taken one patient to LGI. They're going to move off the pad
0:18:10 > 0:18:13as soon as they have unloaded a patient and made room for us.
0:18:13 > 0:18:19They've been gone 10, 15 minutes, so I imagine by the time we convey this patient
0:18:19 > 0:18:20they would have left by then.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24- Do you want someone else? - I think we're all right.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27What's your pain like now?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Is it any easier?
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- A bit better, is it? That's good.- I've given them an ETA.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Considering he's been ejected from a vehicle,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38he doesn't seem too bad. He's fully consciousness.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40He's in lot of pain in his chest,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42so I've given him something for the pain.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46We're going to fly him to hospital where he can be X-rayed and properly assessed.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50With the hospital just three minutes flying time away,
0:18:50 > 0:18:55Helimed 99 is back before its sister ship can even take off.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57This is my next patient. We landed quickly.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01I'll be going back with this patient that has been triaged.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03We're going to follow 98 into the LGI, I think.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Such a large number of patients is putting pressure on local A&E units.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14So some with less serious injuries will be driven or flown
0:19:14 > 0:19:17ten miles to Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21We've got two emergency departments nearby
0:19:21 > 0:19:24that could take all of these categories of patients.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28The first two have gone by air to LGI,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31and they're telling me they would have the capacity to take more patients
0:19:31 > 0:19:35into their resuscitation room. I phoned Pinderfields.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38They are taking the first P2 category patient and I will phone them back
0:19:38 > 0:19:41and check they've got capacity for further patients, as well.
0:19:41 > 0:19:48Few of the emergency services can believe so many people have been thrown from a moving bus
0:19:48 > 0:19:52and yet escaped with relatively minor injuries.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55But they can't be sure until all the passengers
0:19:55 > 0:19:58have been scanned or X-rayed in hospital.
0:19:58 > 0:20:04Even though people are of a lower category, if they were ejected from a vehicle, I'm flying them to Leeds.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Another has just gone by air to Leeds.
0:20:07 > 0:20:12We're looking at capacity between Pinderfields and Leeds Infirmary
0:20:12 > 0:20:15in terms of taking the people with the minor injuries
0:20:15 > 0:20:18to see which one of them is the best placed to accept them.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21The final casualties, the walking wounded,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24are about to start their journey for hospital checkups.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27For paramedic James it's been his first experience
0:20:27 > 0:20:32of a major incident. Now, at last, he can begin to relax.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36The situation is just starting to settle down a bit now.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37We've had multiple casualties.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41They've all been managed as per a major incident,
0:20:41 > 0:20:43and our P1s have all gone to the Leeds General
0:20:43 > 0:20:45and P2s have gone to Pinderfields
0:20:45 > 0:20:49just to try and split the workload for the hospitals.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Police are beginning an investigation into the cause
0:20:52 > 0:20:55of an accident that's paralysed much of the local motorway network.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58The one person who knows what happened first-hand
0:20:58 > 0:21:02is the driver, another man lucky to be alive.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06I started to lose control and the wheel started wobbling.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09My first thought was, "I'm not going to see my kids grow up."
0:21:09 > 0:21:13And then I was just waiting just to die, really.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16I thought, "Oh, no, this is me dead."
0:21:16 > 0:21:19I mean, I just didn't get how I could survive being thrown out
0:21:19 > 0:21:23of the windscreen at 70mph and still live.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28I was laying there thinking, "Right, this is my turn, this."
0:21:28 > 0:21:30I was waiting for them lights to go out.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33And, luckily enough, they didn't.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36And, luckily enough, they didn't for the rest of the people on the bus either.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39It was a tyre blowout that caused the smash.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Darren's passengers are all mates from the local bowling club.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45But, with the wedding less than a week away,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48will any be fit to attend?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Even the groom's in hospital.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Coming up... the wedding is only days away,
0:21:59 > 0:22:01but will the guests recover in time?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03When the doctors came round and told me
0:22:03 > 0:22:05how intense my injuries were,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08obviously, I went back within myself for a while.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Remember the 11-year-old boy who raised the alarm
0:22:16 > 0:22:20when his dad suffered an agonising climbing injury?
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Well, now he faces the difficult task
0:22:22 > 0:22:24of keeping his dad's spirits up
0:22:24 > 0:22:27while the rescuers start the long journey to hospital.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Ow! No, no, no, no!
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Andy Heginbotham had been out climbing with his young son
0:22:32 > 0:22:35when he fell and snapped his ankle.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39The bone is piercing the skin, an incredibly painful injury.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44- Let's keep the rest of you covered up.- It's starting to really hurt. - I know, I know.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48It's a Sunday afternoon
0:22:48 > 0:22:50and dozens of local mountain rescue volunteers
0:22:50 > 0:22:53have come out to help, including a familiar face.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Al Day works on the air ambulance,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00but today he's the leader of the mountain rescue team.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02It will be their job to move him from here
0:23:02 > 0:23:05to the helicopter waiting at the top of the hill.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07What we need to do now is lay you flat on a board.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Once you're on that, that's it done,
0:23:09 > 0:23:14- then we'll carry you up to the helicopter and you'll stay on there. - We've got to collar him
0:23:14 > 0:23:17because we don't know if the fracture to his leg's
0:23:17 > 0:23:20distracting from possible neck and back pain. Hopefully not.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22He's got enough with that leg at the moment.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26We'll get him immobilised and get him up with mountain rescue to the aircraft.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Just wait there. Board coming in. All right?
0:23:29 > 0:23:33But it won't just be Andy getting a lift in Helimed 98.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- Right. Bit chilly, eh? - Lewis will be going, too.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40What we're going to do, we'll get your dad in the helicopter,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42warm him up a bit, get him sorted,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- maybe give him something else for the pain.- Yeah.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Then we'll sort you out, all right?
0:23:48 > 0:23:51The mountain rescue team are carrying Andy back up
0:23:51 > 0:23:53to the helicopter, it's just a short way.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56It's quite difficult to get to because of the sheer drop
0:23:56 > 0:23:58off the rocks behind me.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01We just need to get his pain under control, get him warm,
0:24:01 > 0:24:03and get him to hospital.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07But controlling that pain is difficult.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11The gas and air is making him feel sick, and the morphine is having little effect.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14But Al has another trick up his sleeve.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17This is like a little lollipop, OK?
0:24:17 > 0:24:22And it's got a similar painkiller to morphine, but it's a bit stronger.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26They've given him some morphine, but we're still struggling a little bit.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29One of the things that we have with mountain rescue
0:24:29 > 0:24:31is another painkiller called fentanyl
0:24:31 > 0:24:34which you can administer via the cheek,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37which is a bit easier than injecting drugs,
0:24:37 > 0:24:41so we're just given him that, so hopefully that will help matters.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46- Fentanyl, eh?- Fentanyl! - Right, so if you bring this arm up now towards you.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59With the pain-killing drugs now starting to work,
0:24:59 > 0:25:03Andy and Lewis are soon at hospital.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06It's been quite an adventure for the both of them
0:25:06 > 0:25:08as pilot Andy Lister discovers.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10It's not nice seeing your dad with a snapped off leg.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13It's not nice seeing your dad poorly. I'm sure it's not.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16But the helicopter ride must have been good, wasn't it?
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Nice smooth flying, I think you'll find.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21It was bumpy.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Bumpy!
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Best of luck, then.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28But patient Andy has several uncomfortable hours ahead of him...
0:25:29 > 0:25:34..a series of delicate operations to try and rebuild his ankle.
0:25:34 > 0:25:40It's broken where the tibia meets the foot.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45These two pins are holding one piece of the bone in.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48There's another pin running through.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53It was a very painful end to an afternoon bouldering.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58A relatively short fall, but causing a huge amount of damage.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00'I was two metres off the ground when I fell
0:26:00 > 0:26:04'which is sort of strange cos I've fallen...
0:26:04 > 0:26:07'What? Four of five times further than that'
0:26:07 > 0:26:13in the past and absolutely no injuries. So to fall from two metres
0:26:13 > 0:26:18and completely snap my leg is a bit shocking.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20We need to get you sorted, really, don't we?
0:26:20 > 0:26:24But Andy's hugely grateful for the first-class treatment he got,
0:26:24 > 0:26:26especially from his own son.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31'His initial reaction was to curl up in a corner and...'
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Well, he just went into himself I think, cos he was in shock,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39until one of my friends gave him the job
0:26:39 > 0:26:43of putting his arms around me and keeping me warm.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45And I'm really proud of him.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Millions of tourists visit the Yorkshire Dales each year
0:27:02 > 0:27:04but very few get to see some of this area's
0:27:04 > 0:27:08most impressive natural wonders because they're underground.
0:27:08 > 0:27:13This is caving country but caves can be dangerous,
0:27:13 > 0:27:17especially if a sudden downpour on the surface leads to flooding.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Water created these caves,
0:27:19 > 0:27:23and when it rains, it claims them back.
0:27:28 > 0:27:34Flying over the Yorkshire Dales is one of the perks of the job for the Helimed crews.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38This stunning landscape is home for 20,000 locals
0:27:38 > 0:27:41but every year, the Dales' unspoilt natural beauty
0:27:41 > 0:27:44welcomes up to nine million visitors.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Most say on the surface, but some of the more adventurous
0:27:47 > 0:27:51come to explore the hidden world that lies beneath.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55The Dales are a labyrinth of pot holes and caves,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58some easy to explore, some only for experts.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05Get into trouble down here and you will need specialist help.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07The Dales Cave and Mountain Rescue team
0:28:07 > 0:28:10are made up of a volunteer force of locals
0:28:10 > 0:28:14who are on hand 365 days a year.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Although we're called the Cave Rescue Organisation,
0:28:17 > 0:28:21we're actually multi-purpose... We do cave rescue, mountain rescue
0:28:21 > 0:28:26and we also help the local community in natural situations,
0:28:26 > 0:28:27bad weather and so on.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32But caving, obviously, that's where we started.
0:28:32 > 0:28:37Our original aim was to help injured and stuck cavers.
0:28:37 > 0:28:42We still maintain that and that's the core of our business, so to speak.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Today, Cave Rescue have called the Helimed team for help -
0:28:46 > 0:28:50getting a patient, who's been trapped underground, to hospital
0:28:50 > 0:28:51from a remote Dale quickly,
0:28:51 > 0:28:55requires a different team of experts with a helicopter.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57RADIO: 'In Ribbersdale area.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01'A severely hyperthermia male,
0:29:01 > 0:29:03'Cave Rescue requesting you, over.'
0:29:03 > 0:29:06All received, over.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11A potholer has been caught out by rising water in the caverns
0:29:11 > 0:29:13and tunnels beneath Ribbersdale.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16He's barely alive.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Sounds like the gentleman's been potholing so obviously
0:29:20 > 0:29:23the temperature gradient down below is a lot, lot lower.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27If he's been injured, obviously, that could compound the situation.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Sounds like Cave Rescue have got the gentleman out and are requesting us
0:29:31 > 0:29:33so we'll wait and see what we get when we get there.
0:29:33 > 0:29:38Chris Creasey was trapped underground for nearly two hours.
0:29:38 > 0:29:39- How are you, mate? James. - I'm Martin.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Pleased to meet you, Martin. How are we doing?
0:29:42 > 0:29:46The casualty's gone down the pitch in water, so he's been suspended
0:29:46 > 0:29:50in a harness in water for quite some time, probably an hour, maybe two.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51OK.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53We've got Dr John Burton in there.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55OK. No worries.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58How are we doing? James.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02The Cave Rescue team found him unconscious
0:30:02 > 0:30:04suspended from his rope.
0:30:04 > 0:30:10We dispatched a team of five Cave Rescue members to go underground.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Water levels are very high.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14They had to rig a traverse rope down the cave
0:30:14 > 0:30:18so they could get down the cave safely
0:30:18 > 0:30:21and got to the top of what we'd call a pitch,
0:30:21 > 0:30:23which is a drop underground,
0:30:23 > 0:30:27which had a very big waterfall running over it.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30One of our team members went part-way down the pitch
0:30:30 > 0:30:34and found the person we were looking for
0:30:34 > 0:30:38suspended on a rope in a harness
0:30:38 > 0:30:39in the middle of the water.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42Chris? OK? What's up?
0:30:42 > 0:30:46The caver is confused and thrashing around.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49All symptoms of severe hyperthermia.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53The next stage is death.
0:30:53 > 0:30:54Ready?
0:30:54 > 0:30:58Cave Rescue got him out just in time.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Our team members who were down there
0:31:01 > 0:31:06managed to clip this guy with a karabiner onto their own harness
0:31:06 > 0:31:09and ascended the rope with other team members hauling
0:31:09 > 0:31:11and got the person out to the surface.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13He's cold, very, very cold.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Our tympanic thermometer only goes down to about 34 degrees
0:31:16 > 0:31:20and it's saying low at the moment so he's certainly colder than that,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23which would tend to suggest he needs to be in hospital
0:31:23 > 0:31:25and get him warmed up fairly quickly.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28The Cave Rescue lads have done a sterling job.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30It's taken them two hours to extricate him
0:31:30 > 0:31:33and he's been submerged or hanging for approximately an hour and a half
0:31:33 > 0:31:34prior to their extrication,
0:31:34 > 0:31:37so he's been cold and wet for a long, long, long time.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41When you're trapped in freezing water like this for two hours,
0:31:41 > 0:31:44you get immersion hyperthermia.
0:31:44 > 0:31:49No doubt this team of volunteers have saved patient Chris's life.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57This is where we found the casualty about six metres in the waterfall.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00He was in the full force of water just hanging there,
0:32:00 > 0:32:02he couldn't do anything.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06They had to physically drag him out of the cave as fast as they could
0:32:06 > 0:32:08to get him to medics on the surface.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13Bear in mind the water levels were a lot deeper
0:32:13 > 0:32:16so to try to get someone out of here, you're battling against the water flow,
0:32:16 > 0:32:19it's very, very difficult. Very hard work.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Well done to everyone on the day.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26With the chopper's heaters on full blast,
0:32:26 > 0:32:30hypothermic patient Chris Creasey begins his journey to hospital.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35He's also being thawed out in a fleece-lined thermal bag.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40As his body temperature rises, he begins to come round.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44Slurred speech is a sign of hyperthermia,
0:32:44 > 0:32:46but Chris manages to give paramedic James
0:32:46 > 0:32:50a clear account of his underground ordeal.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Can you tell me what's happened, Chris?
0:32:52 > 0:32:54We set off last night,
0:32:54 > 0:32:56camped out...
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Ten or 11 o'clock, we were underground.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08How long were you suspended for then?
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Lost.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15The lads seem to think it was about an hour-and-a-half?
0:33:15 > 0:33:17It's possible. I feel a bit hypothermic.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21Well, there's no think about it, you are hypodermic at the moment.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24The lads got your temperature at 34 initially which is very, very low.
0:33:24 > 0:33:2534?!
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Yes. It should be around 37.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29I'm surprised I'm still alive.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Well, yeah, I think that's... You weren't far off dead.
0:33:32 > 0:33:38You owe the Cave Rescue lads a pint and a pat on the back I think.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45The cave system that caught out Chris is called Alum Pot.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47It's one of the most popular in Britain
0:33:47 > 0:33:49and it's claimed other victims,
0:33:49 > 0:33:52not all managed to get out alive.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57This whole place kind of gives some impression
0:33:57 > 0:33:59of the water and the forces of nature
0:33:59 > 0:34:03which have actually combined to create this place.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06If you come here on another day when the cave's in flood,
0:34:06 > 0:34:09and people are more likely to have the problems then,
0:34:09 > 0:34:12you'll see vast torrents of water
0:34:12 > 0:34:16and literally it's 100 times the amount of water we've got now.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20It's an amazing transformation that occurs when it does rain.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25The Cave Rescue team risk their own lives
0:34:25 > 0:34:29every time they come underground to help others.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32It can be very catastrophic.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34They don't have the right equipment.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37They either think it's going to be really easy,
0:34:37 > 0:34:39they don't look at the weather,
0:34:39 > 0:34:43they've not done any preparation as to where they're going
0:34:43 > 0:34:46and it all leads to maybe a disaster
0:34:46 > 0:34:48and that's why we're always on standby.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54The underground team train for emergencies like the one at Alum Pot
0:34:54 > 0:34:56and they don't mind helping those
0:34:56 > 0:34:59who are less experienced than themselves.
0:34:59 > 0:35:04We see some idiots down there, there's no doubt about it,
0:35:04 > 0:35:07but everyone's got to start learning somewhere along the line
0:35:07 > 0:35:10and we're certainly not into damping down people's sense of adventure.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13We'd rather people were out there doing it,
0:35:13 > 0:35:15hopefully learning without making mistakes,
0:35:15 > 0:35:19but we're there when they do. We're there as a back-up.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Cave rescue demands the same skills as mountain rescue.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25In fact, some of Yorkshire's biggest rock faces
0:35:25 > 0:35:29are actually underground which means Cave Rescue volunteers
0:35:29 > 0:35:33often find themselves called out to help on the surface too.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37It's a chap at the bottom of Malham Cove,
0:35:37 > 0:35:40an elderly male with chest pains and vomiting as well
0:35:40 > 0:35:42so he could be having some sort of heart attack
0:35:42 > 0:35:44so we'll get straight across there.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49The holiday traffic from Leeds-Bradford Airport
0:35:49 > 0:35:51has to wait for a couple of minutes today.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55Helimed 99 gets priority clearance from air traffic for this job.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58It could be a number of things. It could be of cardiac origin.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01But then again it might be that he's been out there climbing
0:36:01 > 0:36:03and he's gained some sort of strain.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06It could be something as simple as indigestion.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10Thousands of years ago, there used to be a huge waterfall
0:36:10 > 0:36:12cascading over these cliffs.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14When the water dried up, it left behind
0:36:14 > 0:36:19the spectacular curved Malham Cove, popular with walkers and climbers.
0:36:19 > 0:36:24But it gives pilots and paramedics trying to land their own dilemma.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Top or bottom?
0:36:26 > 0:36:2999, we're just over Malham Cove, over.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33The top of the cove or the bottom of the cove on the path?
0:36:34 > 0:36:37It's easier to carry a patient down a hill,
0:36:37 > 0:36:40but the Helimed pilots know this area well
0:36:40 > 0:36:42and the limestone pavement at the top of the cove
0:36:42 > 0:36:44makes a safer landing site.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51So it's a walk down for the paramedics
0:36:51 > 0:36:53and Flying Doctor Andy Poutney.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Neville Briggs was out walking with his wife
0:36:56 > 0:36:57when they got into difficulty.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01Cave Rescue have been called to help carry Neville
0:37:01 > 0:37:04off the treacherous cliff side path.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Neville?
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Does it hurt when you take a deep breath?
0:37:12 > 0:37:15But before that, Dr Andy Poutney and Darren need to be sure
0:37:15 > 0:37:16it's safe to move him.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Just terrible, is it?
0:37:19 > 0:37:22When did this pain start? It's four o'clock now so...
0:37:22 > 0:37:25- An hour ago? Half-an-hour ago? - Half-an-hour.- Right.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29Neville is clearly exhausted.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32He's got a low BPM,
0:37:32 > 0:37:36he's taken 1,200 micrograms of GTN
0:37:36 > 0:37:39and it's dropped his blood pressure down and so he looks shocked.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43The blood pressure drugs he's taken might be causing his problems
0:37:43 > 0:37:46or masking a possible heart attack.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48It will open all his blood vessels up
0:37:48 > 0:37:51and the more of it takes, the worse... The wider they'll get.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54His blood pressure will drop, he'll become very pale,
0:37:54 > 0:37:57he'll get a headache and he'll feel sick.
0:37:57 > 0:38:04Darren keeps trying to find out more vital information about the medication Neville has taken.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06No changes in that now.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09The ECG is not showing a heart attack or anything like that,
0:38:09 > 0:38:11or not a big heart attack.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Sometimes smaller heart attacks won't always show up
0:38:14 > 0:38:17on the first tracers so what we need to do is get him to hospital
0:38:17 > 0:38:19where there are tests that can be done,
0:38:19 > 0:38:22usually a period after the initial or the worst pain,
0:38:22 > 0:38:26that will tell us if there's been damage to the heart.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30The team must stabilise Neville before getting him off the cove.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Hopefully he's going to be all right. His blood pressure's come up nicely,
0:38:33 > 0:38:36so hopefully it was just that the medications have dropped
0:38:36 > 0:38:38his blood pressure which they do do.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40We just need to rule out it being a cardiac event.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43The ECG is not normal but it may be normal for him.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45So he needs to get to hospital to have more tests
0:38:45 > 0:38:49that can rule out any cardiac event. Hopefully it's just the drugs.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Cave rescue are the experts
0:38:51 > 0:38:54in getting injured patients off Malham Cove.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57But today, they have some extra help.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58As luck would have it,
0:38:58 > 0:39:03a team of fire-fighters were on a walk coming down
0:39:03 > 0:39:06from the top of the cove and they've now been drafted,
0:39:06 > 0:39:08press-ganged is another word for it,
0:39:08 > 0:39:12into assisting Cave Rescue in transferring the casualty
0:39:12 > 0:39:14back to the top of the cove
0:39:14 > 0:39:16where we're going to put him into the aircraft
0:39:16 > 0:39:19and fly him to the ambulance at the bottom
0:39:19 > 0:39:22and transfer him then by ground into Airedale.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30After his trip to hospital, Neville made a good recovery.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33He and many others have a lot to thank
0:39:33 > 0:39:35the Cave Rescue Organisation for.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38Whether it's overground or underground,
0:39:38 > 0:39:41these volunteers make the Dales a safer place
0:39:41 > 0:39:43for its millions of visitors.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48And as more tunnels are discovered,
0:39:48 > 0:39:52there's likely to be more work in the future for Cave Rescue.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55Now, let's catch up on the story of the stag party caught up
0:39:55 > 0:39:57in a terrible motorway accident.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03The tables are set, the pink ribbons hung out,
0:40:03 > 0:40:06all the preparations for the big wedding are complete.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08It's the guests that aren't ready.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12In this hospital, nursing staff are caring for the victims of a minibus crash
0:40:12 > 0:40:15involving the groom's stag party.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17When I got to the ward,
0:40:17 > 0:40:19there were two of the other lads on the ward,
0:40:19 > 0:40:23which brightened me up a little bit, cos obviously I'm not on my own.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25And they put us in a side ward together.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28So then that the banter between us was trying to get everybody
0:40:28 > 0:40:30round for the wedding and are we going to be there.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34A young nurse said, "I've got to get you out of bed now and walking.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37"It's your daughter's wedding, you've got to walk.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41"If you can't walk, we can't look after you, then you can't get discharged".
0:40:41 > 0:40:43That's what she did, she got me up and walking.
0:40:43 > 0:40:49This was Tommy minutes after he was hurled out the window of the bus.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Just ten days later, the bride's father's back on his feet.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Few brides can boast a wedding album with guests
0:40:56 > 0:40:58looking quite as battered as this.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02And she can still remember the moment she heard about the accident.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04You didn't know what to do for the best.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05I rang Pinderfields and just said,
0:41:05 > 0:41:08"Is there any way you can tell me where my dad is, Thomas Ryan?"
0:41:08 > 0:41:10So the doctor said,
0:41:10 > 0:41:13"Can you make your way over? He's in resuscitation being worked on".
0:41:14 > 0:41:16With the exception of the best man,
0:41:16 > 0:41:19all of the injured guests made it to the church
0:41:19 > 0:41:22only days after being involved in a major incident.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26The groom's broken leg was the most obvious injury.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30'Very emotional day cos obviously I didn't think I'd be there,
0:41:30 > 0:41:33'I didn't think any of us would be there who was in the crash.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37'It was emotional walking down cos everybody's heads turn to see you.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40'I was in a lot of pain but I also had my lad at the back of me...
0:41:40 > 0:41:44'What we'd agreed was that if I couldn't manage it half way,
0:41:44 > 0:41:46'he'd take over. But I was determined to make it.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50'Anyway, I got to the end and they made me sit in a wheelchair so...
0:41:50 > 0:41:52'But I stood there while she did the vows
0:41:52 > 0:41:55'and then walked her back up the aisle again.'
0:41:57 > 0:41:59I didn't think he'd be there
0:41:59 > 0:42:03and for him to be there, it just made my day.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05It just made my day.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08- Who gives this woman to be married to this man?- I do.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13'As you glance around the church, you can see them all'
0:42:13 > 0:42:16in slings and all things like that.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20Hayley knows that her wedding day could have been very different
0:42:20 > 0:42:23without the help of the medical teams that came to the rescue.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27'The emergency services were great.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30'They had two helicopters, I think there were 15 ambulances,
0:42:30 > 0:42:32'just to get them to the hospital safely.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35'Just for them all to be recovered in the timescale it took,
0:42:35 > 0:42:36'great thanks to them all.'
0:42:38 > 0:42:41And congratulations to Hayley and Thomas who have just celebrated
0:42:41 > 0:42:43their first wedding anniversary.
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