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US photographer who fell 200ft off a cliff in Portugal reveals a little BUSH saved his life

Kyle Quin Schrock, 36, from San Diego, who says 'my back is broken, my ribs are broken, my sternum is broken' after falling 200ft from a cliff path in Madeira on October 11.
Kyle Quin Schrock, 36, from San Diego, who says 'my back is broken, my ribs are broken, my sternum is broken' after falling 200ft from a cliff path in Madeira on October 11.
Kyle Quin Schrock in his hospital intensive-care bed, where he is awaiting spinal surgery and needing fluid drained from his lungs after the fall.
Kyle Quin Schrock in his hospital intensive-care bed, where he is awaiting spinal surgery and needing fluid drained from his lungs after the fall.

Kyle Quin Schrock, 36, of San Diego, fell while hiking in Madeira after the trail gave way under him on October 11. 'I thought it was my death,' he told followers from his hospital bed, wearing an oxygen mask. He has broken his back, ribs and sternum and is in intensive care awaiting spinal surgery. Doctors also need to drain his lungs.

Dangling over the drop, he heard a voice say a helicopter was coming: 'the best news'.

Schrock quit accountancy to travel and now has 1.3 million Instagram followers.

Sister-in-law Tara Schrock's fundraiser had raised $11,700 of its $30,000 goal by Friday.

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