Tooele family calls daughter’s survival a ‘week of miracles’ after devastating Easter fall
By Debbie Worthen
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SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — A Tooele family said this week has been nothing short of miraculous after doctors gave their 20‑year‑old daughter less than a 2% chance of surviving a traumatic fall on Easter Sunday.
Erin Plumb was sitting on the tailgate of her family’s truck when she somehow fell as they were backing out of a neighbor’s driveway. The impact left her with a severe head injury, and she was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
Now, her family is holding on to hope — and to what they describe as a series of miracles.
“Just total disbelief, just shock — this cannot be real,” said her mother, Heather Plumb. “It’s impossible to explain the horror.”
Erin Plumb is now in a medically induced coma. Doctors told the family she likely wouldn’t survive the first night. But Erin Plumb, they said, has always been a fighter.
“Everybody loves her. She is genuinely just the sweetest, most caring, empathetic person I know,” Heather Plumb said. “She’s spicy, she’s spunky, she loves hockey.”
She’s also tough — a black belt in Taekwondo — and her family believes that grit is helping her battle through the most difficult challenge of her life.
In just four days, she has undergone multiple surgeries, including two procedures to remove parts of her skull to relieve swelling. Through it all, the Plumb family said they’ve felt the strength of prayers from friends, neighbors, and even strangers.
They’ve counted three miracles so far.
“Our first one was that she made it to the hospital alive,” her mother said. “The second was she made it through surgery. The third was she made it through the night.”
Now, the community is stepping in to show support. Neighbors have begun lighting their homes in purple — her favorite color — as a sign of solidarity with the family.
“It’s really been the most difficult thing I’ve ever had to do,” Heather Plumb said.
Erin Plumb is a devoted hockey fan, and her family said that if she wasn’t in the hospital, she would have been downtown this week cheering on the Mammoth. They’re holding on to the hope that next season, she’ll be back in the stands — loud, spunky, and cheering once again.
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