Brooke Shields has referred to herself as a “fighter” while reflecting on a recent accident that left her worried she would be paralysed.
According to Shields, who opened up about the accident, her subsequent surgeries, and having to learn how to walk again in a new interview with People, she was exercising at a gym in New York City in late January when she fell off a balance board and broke her right femur. “It felt like it was all in slow motion.
And then I just started screaming,” she said. “Sounds came out that I’ve never heard before. ”While speaking with the outlet, the 55-year-old recalled being afraid immediately after the accident that she would be paralysed, revealing that “survival kicked in” when the EMTs arrived to place her on.
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