Mum With Debilitating Cancer Rescues Four Kids Trapped on Cliff In Canada

A mother who is already weak from�cancer treatments has been hailed a hero for rescuing four children trapped on a cliff during a hike in Canada.

CBC News Canada�reported that�Lelania Chapman, who has breast cancer,�decided to take her son and his three friends on a hiking trip at Cliff Falls in Maple Ridge,�north-east of Vancouver, after she spent the past three months receiving�radiation treatment and had not left the house other than to get treatment.

As the group went on with their outing, Ms Chapman noticed that a�group of four boys were having difficulty as they were trapped on the edge of a cliff.

Ms Chapman told CBC News that she tried calling on the phone for help but did not have a reception in the area, so she�took it upon herself to save the boys, finding a rope and tying it to a tree in order to pull them up one-by-one.�”I was pulling with everything in me…�The boys were so cold, their lips were purple,” she said.

Ms Chapman was injured during the rescue, with rope burns infecting her radiation scars.�She was bed-ridden for a week after the rescue, but�that didn’t dampen her spirits and still considers what happened�as a positive experience.

Source:�9news.com.au

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