Beautician who survived 11-storey fall from Sydney balcony opens up on tragic family history A beautician who survived an 11-storey plunge from a balcony has opened up on the terror of her ordeal and her heartbreaking family history.
She has now bravely spoken about the events a year ago, after a traumatic past in which she lost her sister who fell from a cruise ship in an unimaginably tragic accident, with father Paul dying seven years later by suicide.
Speaking to The Bear, 'Ireland's biggest podcast', she denied speculation she had been drinking heavily before her fall and revealed the details of her family's tragic history.
Imelda O'Brien plummeted from the unit in Bondi, Sydney, January last year, with the terrifying fall broken only by hitting the fifth floor decking.
Imelda, an Irish national living and working in Australia at the time, laid unconscious for half an hour before managing to raise the alarm.
