SALT LAKE CITY — A traumatic experience for a Utah couple vacationing in Thailand meets a first-of-its-kind mission for Life Flight here in Utah.
Nicole Siri and Mark Martin are currently at Intermountain Medical Center more than two weeks after jumping off an elephant when it became agitated and out of control in Thailand.
They arrived here Friday after staying in a Thailand hospital for about two weeks.
The two were vacationing in Thailand and, as part of the trip, they wanted to have an experience with elephants. Riding one seemed like a fun way to spend a day. But that day went terribly wrong when the elephant they were on became agitated, threw off the trainer, and started running.
Mark Martin posted the video from his phone on a YouTube channel.
From her hospital bed here in Salt Lake City, Nicole said they both knew they were in trouble when the…
