"That feeling of being on top of the world-quite literally-was a very fleeting moment. I thought I was invisible at that point."
"I thought I needed to save myself. I shouted for help, but no one came."
"By some miracle, I was still conscious."
"I should have died 10 times that night."
Sarah de Lagarde summited Mount Kilimanjaro and then, one month later, suffered a catastrophic fall on a rainy London Tube platform that crushed her right arm and right leg. She remained on the tracks, slipping in and out of consciousness, and called for help while trains passed and a second train compounded her injuries. A bystander raised the alarm and emergency services transported her to a trauma center after 45 minutes. She survived multiple life-threatening injuries and received frequent visits from loved ones, colleagues and executives. During recovery she proposed a new role and returned with a mission to influence corporate approaches to healthcare, artificial intelligence and empathetic business practices.
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