Laura Clery Survives 600lb Fridge Crush After 911 Call From Home

5 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 22

Laura Clery said she is recovering at home after a 600lb wall-mounted fridge toppled onto her, pinning her beneath it while she was alone with her two young children.
The accident began when her 7-year-old son, Alfie, climbed on the fridge and it shifted; Clery ran over to steady it, but it fell as she pushed it back.
Clery said she could barely breathe and feared she was losing consciousness, but reached the phone in her pocket and called 911.
Multiple firefighters lifted the appliance off her before she was taken to hospital; she later described it as the most terrifying night of her life as a single mother.

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