Canadian teen Wilkie dedicated herself to skiing after shop class accident
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — Karin Huster had just arrived home from work and walked in the front door when the phone rang. It was her daughter’s school principal. He said her daughter Natalie Wilkie had her hand stuck in the jointer machine in wood shop class.
“I didn’t really know what that meant. Is it just a matter of undoing it, or was there an actual injury involved?” Huster said.
Over the next harrowing hour, an ambulance, fire truck, search and rescue, and a medevac helicopter arrived on the scene, while Huster remained on the phone, instructed not to bolt for the school because her daughter would likely be gone before she got there.
As things progressed, paramedics told Huster the situation looked bleak. Her daughter’s fingers probably couldn’t be saved.