Freak Hammock Accident Paralyzes Mother After Rotten Tree Collapses

Freak Hammock Accident Paralyzes Mother After Rotten Tree Collapses
Alyssa Pfannenstein and her daughter.
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A woman from Minnesota was left nearly completely paralyzed after a freak hammock accident.

Alyssa Pfannenstein, 25, was sitting in a hammock with her boyfriend over the Labor Day weekend when suddenly one of the 15-foot birch trees holding the hammock came crashing down onto her.