Prince William. AP FILE PHOTO
Briton Jim Schemer sustained injuries when a branch of a tree tripped over and dislocated his shoulder and hip. The incident left him unconscious and it took him awhile before he realized he was being rescued by Prince William.
Due to severe injuries, the 37-year-old arborist was escorted to the East Anglian Air Ambulance, a medical helicopter piloted by Prince William, who is second-in-line to the British throne.
“It wasn’t until they were actually loading me into the helicopter that it clicked,” Schemer explained in an interview with British television network channel ITV. “‘Willsy better not be flying this thing.’ He turned around and said, ‘I’ve been holding your head for the last 30 minutes.'”
He further added: “I was so drugged up on ketamine that I went, ‘Oh well, you better come see me in the hospital then.'”
According to NBC Nightly News, the incident happened on March 22 near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Prince William accompanied Schembri for 40 minutes in an emergency room.
The Duke of Cambridge begun working as an air paramedic last July and donates his entire salary, costing around 40,000 pounds ($75,000) to charity. This is not the first time the royalty has flown to rescue victims. In November 2011, he saved two stranded sailors in Irish sea. Gianna Francesca Catolico, INQUIRER.net