
He said: "The doctors and nurses couldn't believe it, that I even survived the initial injury, never mind the fact that I flagged down a passing ambulance and then survived the gruelling surgeries. An urban explorer has died after tragically falling through a skylight of a derelict old dairy. He says doctors have dubbed him as a medical miracle after he survived third degree burns across 47 per cent of his body, which left the bone exposed in both arms.
URBAN EXPLORER DEATHS SKIN
These included skin grafts, a craniotomy to relieve pressure from his brain and a pioneering surgery to apply artificial skin, known as Biodegradable Temporising Matrix, to his burns.ĭarren claims the surgeons told him they had "never seen anything like it" in their 30 year careers.
Mum begs doctors to give son more time after 'freak accident' left him in a comaĮxperts performed 23 surgeries. The lottery winners for whom the jackpot was a curse. I threw myself in front of it and the next thing I remember is waking up 27 days later."ĭarren had been transported to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where he had been placed in an induced coma as doctors battled with his injuries including multiple organ failure and sepsis. I was stood on the side of the road for a couple of minutes when an ambulance came round the corner. "My face was hanging off like a flap and my windpipe was exposed. A group of urban explorers in Norfolk, England, found an abandoned house while on holiday and decided to go for some impromptu urbex. hear about a high-profile arrest or death, so if that doesnt scare you off. My forearms were completely debrided, I could see right to the bone. Urban exploration is getting a higher profile these days, which is causing. Please, please dont go urban exploring when youre wasted out of your. "I ran for my life and somehow managed to scale a 10ft fence not knowing the damage that had already been done to my body. Urban exploration is a very attractive and a very thrilling thing to do. The 16th century mansion in north west England has sat empty since the 1980s and has a history of tragic deaths and suicides. I don't know what brought me back but I remember waking up and my whole body was on fire, I was a human fireball.
He said: "My life flashed before my eyes and I was dead for a few minutes. Since 2017, there have been a number of tragic incidents, including teenager Thomas Rhodes who fell to his death in an abandoned hotel in Sheffield. Darren suffered major burns across his body (Image: Darren Harris) Deaths at higher elevations, on the other hand, almost entirely belonged to paying clients and Western guides, and more than 50 of deaths above 8,000m (26,000ft) occurred after climbers had.