[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] A woman has been put into a medically induced coma after suffering severe burns from jumping into a Yellowstone National Park hot spring in an attempt to rescue her dog.
In a news release from Yellowstone park rangers, Laiha Slayton (above) jumped into Maiden’s Grave Spring on Monday to rescue her dog after it ran away.
She was in the spring for less than ten seconds before she was pulled out by her father, but even in that short time in the water — which has a temperature of around 200 degrees Fahrenheit — she “suffered significant thermal burns from her shoulders to feet,” according to officials.
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