“Doctors say I’m the luckiest person alive!”

After falling 60 feet off a cliff, Erica Tait shouldn’t even have survived. But she had such a triumphant spirit, the 22-year-old defied every obstacle in her way. Her story will make you believe in miracles!

—Kristin Higson-Hughes

“Ingenuity, plus courage, plus work equals miracles.”BOB RICHARDS Strapping on her backpack, Erica Tait lifted her face to the sun as she navigated a rocky path in Palisades Interstate Park not far from her Closter, New Jersey, home. The 22-year-old recent college graduate had always been outdoorsy, scrambling through the woods and fishing with her dad. But this wasn’t any ordinary hike. It was, in a very real way, practice: Soon, Erica would be leaving for the mountains of Guatemala with the Peace Corps, helping midwives bring new little lives into the world. She’d been on this particular trail dozens of times before. From the vantage point at the top, Erica could see both the Manhattan skyline and a waterfall dotted with boulders. But this afternoon, as she took a step down to a…

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Woman's World (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 30, 2016

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