'I nearly lost my leg': Ashley Judd recalls 'catastrophic' accident in Congo rainforest

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'I nearly lost my leg': Actress and activist Ashley Judd recalls 'catastrophic' accident in Congo rainforest.

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Ashley Judd has been traveling regularly to Congo over the years to study the endangered bonobo population with her life partner. That's where she was this week when she fell while walking in the forest in an incident that nearly caused her to lose her leg.opened up about the accident and the ensuing 55-hour ordeal in two Instagram Live videos hosted by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof on Friday.

"The difference between a Congolese person and me is disaster insurance that allowed me 55 hours after my accident to get to an operating table in South Africa," she said. "But accidents happen," she explains."There was a fallen tree on the path, which I didn't see, and I had a very powerful stride going and I just fell over this tree."she described the incident as a"catastrophic accident" and added that she"nearly lost my leg."

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She's lame af who cares

poor leg, I meant poor her

drama

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