In October 2019, Jordan Valentine and her father, St. Luke's surgeon Jim Valentine, were involved in a tragic helicopter crash in Malheur County, Ore. The crash left Valentine with a spinal injury that made her unable to walk.
After the crash, Valentine waited for 16 hours in freezing temperatures for rescuers to find her.
Her father did not survive the crash.
“The last year and almost two months now have been going to therapy and working on getting that muscle control back,” Valentine said.
More than a year after the crash, Valentine is slowly but surely regaining her ability to walk. The now 26-year-old is able to walk almost two and a half miles.
