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She's encouraged that bridgette's vital signs are good but knows the extreme skier fell hard over some unforgiving terrain. >> we see skiers that hit their head and have severe brain damage or die because of the trauma to their head. >> dr. smalley runs a battery of tests. fearing all kinds of things, broken bones or even worse, internal bleeding, life-threatening swelling, or bleeding of the brain. all the while bridgette's father never leaves her side. >> she was pretty quiet throughout the first 24 hours. and then she started to come around. >> amazingly, every test comes back negative. con...

Now, from surf to snow. nearly a mile high in valdez, alaska, bridgette meade is a favorite to win the world skiing championships. on her first run down the ski slope, disaster. >> she was right away flying across the top of the ridge line. >> bridgette's friend tony harrington is snapping photos of the event near the top of the mountain and immediately knows his friend is in big trouble. >> unfortunately, when she came into view, she was flipping, going through the air. she didn't have both feet on the ground. >> bridgette's dad is watching the terrifying scene from the bottom of the mountain...

Daughter. i didn't honestly expect her to survive it. >> it was about 15 minutes, there was no sign of life. i had a big lens on her. she wasn't moving at all. i just broke down in tears. it was horrible. >> bridgette lies motionless for 20 minutes while paramedics work on her, and then suddenly, the first good sign. >> i'm looking through my camera at one of my best friends and at that point in time, i had tears in my eyes and everything. suddenly, i saw her leg move. i knew she was alive. >> rescuers stabilize her and are able to bring her down the mountain to a waiting helicopter. she's cho...

Alaska, bridgette meade is a favorite to win the world skiing championships. on her first run down the ski slope, disaster. >> she was right away flying across the top of the ridge line. >> bridgette's friend tony harrington is snapping photos of the event near the top of the mountain and immediately knows his friend is in big trouble. >> unfortunately, when she came into view, she was flipping, going through the air. she didn't have both feet on the ground. >> bridgette's dad is watching the terrifying scene from the bottom of the mountain. his daughter is tumbling over and over, smashing hea...

>> it was about 15 minutes, there was no sign of life. i had a big lens on her. she wasn't moving at all. i just broke down in tears. it was horrible. >> bridgette lies motionless for 20 minutes while paramedics work on her, and then suddenly, the first good sign. >> i'm looking through my camera at one of my best friends and at that point in time, i had tears in my eyes and everything. suddenly, i saw her leg move. i knew she was alive. >> rescuers stabilize her and are able to bring her down the mountain to a waiting helicopter. she's choppered to a local hospital. then airlifted to providen...