US comedian Laura Clery has opened up about the “most terrifying night” of her life after surviving an accident that could have killed her.
The comedian said on social media that her “biggest fear came true” after she was “very seriously hurt and stuck while home” with her two young children.
Clery thanked the first responders who rescued her after she was left pinned to the ground and unable to move when her 270kg fridge fell on top of her.
“So I was crushed by a 600-pound fridge,” Clery said as she looked up at two firefighters in a video that she shared on Instagram.
“Is that correct?”
One of the men responded “yes” to Clery who was strapped to a bed and wearing a neck brace.
“Shout out to these actual HEROES who pushed a 600-pound fridge off of me,” she wrote.
In the caption of the video she went on to thank the firefighters who had saved her life, breaking into her home while she was trapped to get the fridge off her.
“This was right after the fentanyl hit and all of my pain [went] away (instantly) I just need to say THANK YOU to these AMAZING firefighters who saved my life!!” she wrote.
“Truly. They got there so fast, broke through my garage door, and 3 of them pushed a 600 pound fridge off of me and got me safely to the trauma unit before things got worse.”
“No broken bones, my kids are okay and safe, I can walk … I’m so lucky!” she continued.
“They were calm, kind and just handled everything like absolute heroes!
“And then right as one of them pushes the fridge off me, he goes, ‘Wait … I watch all of your videos!’ and they all start hyping me up like sir … I am currently being flattened but thank you.
“Forever grateful for these men. Real life angels.️”
Clery first posted about the accident last week, calling it the “most terrifying night of [her] life as a single mum” in a post on Instagram.
“I was home alone getting ready for bed when my 600 pound fridge slammed into me and pinned me against the counter,” she wrote.
Clery said she couldn’t move, she couldn’t breathe and it was impossible to move, admitting she could feel herself “losing consciousness”.
“My kids were in the house. I genuinely didn’t know if I was getting out of that alive. Thank God my phone was in my pocket and I was able to call 911,” she wrote.
“Thank god it didn’t fall on my kids. It took three firefighters to lift it off me. I’m still shaking. It nearly killed me. And it could have absolutely killed my child.”
Clery added: “I keep thinking about how differently this could have gone and I just feel overwhelming gratitude. No broken bones, my kids are okay and safe, I can walk … I’m so lucky! “They were calm, kind and just handled everything like absolute heroes!”