Mum climbs 40ft cliff to save son – gets stuck for two hours

A mum scaled a 40ft cliff to save her nine-year-old son – only to get stuck herself.
Kate Ormsby, 39, and Sam were trapped for two and a half hours on Westcombe Beach in Devon.
The West Yorkshire mum ran after her son when she saw him stranded on an incredibly steep rock.
She explained: ‘My mum and daughter went around the corner and heard Sam shouting “help”. They looked around and couldn’t see him anywhere, but they then saw him right on this ledge.

A helicopter was called in to help the duo (Picture: SWNS)

‘My husband and I were just coming back to the beach when they came running around to get us. Out of instinct I started to climb.
‘Looking back it was a crazy thing to do, there was a big overhang near the top and I got most of the way up and then got stuck.
‘I felt I had made a mistake to try to reach him but you don’t stop to think. Sam couldn’t have managed that on his own for two and a half hours.’
The pair were eventually rescued when a coastguard was alerted.
A helicopter swooped in and all was well.

Kate and Sam Ormsby (Picture: SWNS)

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