Maxime Rancourt spent half an hour clinging to a rock while dangling from a cliff in California, desperately hoping someone would rescue her.
What started as a routine morning quickly took a dramatic turn when she headed out for an early swim in the San Francisco Bay area. What began as a cliff diving session turned into a desperate fight for survival.
“I was looking at the waves and said they are so beautiful. I’m a good swimmer but I don’t usually swim there,” she told ABC News, according to UNILAD.
She said everything initially felt normal as she decided to take on the waves that morning, until, suddenly, everything changed. A powerful current dragged her out to sea.
“All of a sudden, I was pulled away and then I wasn’t very far yet. I thought I could still go in the water, but the water was so intense.
I was stuck in the middle,” she said.
