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75-year-old woman crawls through rural Colorado for 14 hours to get help for broken leg

MCCOY, COLORADO, JUL 11 – Kirby used her medical knowledge and faith to survive, crawling 14 hours to safety after breaking her femur and hip, then returning home for her grandson's wedding, doctors said.

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It's easy to be fooled by Charlene Kirby's kindness and laughter, but the 75-year-old woman is full of remarkable grit.Just look at her career as a first responder and emergency room nurse, or her work on a remote piece of land in McCoy, Colorado."I was born and raised right here," Kirby said about McCoy. "We're halfway between Vail and Steamboat Springs in the middle of nowhere."One night in early June is perhaps most emblematic of the resilien…

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‘God was with me’: 75-year-old woman crawls 14 hours with broken leg to get help after crash

A 75-year-old Colorado woman is recovering after breaking her leg in a crash and spending the night outdoors in her rural community.

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KBZK broke the news in on Friday, July 11, 2025.
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