AN air hostess left unable to do her dream job after breaking her leg in seven places during severe turbulence has won a six-figure payout. Eden Garrity, 31, was pushing a trolley as the Thomas Cook flight from Cuba to Manchester entered a violent Atlantic hail storm. The impact of the turbulence thrust the flight 500ft upward, pinning Eden to the ground and snapping her ankle.
Eden was unable to walk at all for two months after the incident and underwent numerous operations and intense rehabilitation. She has been left with nerve damage which makes it painful for her to stand up for long periods, meaning she can never return to work as cabin crew. And while the payout has been a massive help for her financially, Eden says it doesn't make up for the fact that she'll never do her dream job again.
READ > Young man rushed to hospital after e-bike and car collision on main road Eden described her air hostess role as a dream job (Image: SWNS) Eden, from Leigh, said: “It has left me bitter, I’m resentful for it. It’s just frustrating. It was the best job in the world and I feel like I've lost a piece of my personality.
“You see people you’re friends with and they’re travelling in the skies and I’m not, I’m forever ground grounded. I’ll never be able to fly for work again. “I feel lost, I’ve got a family and a son and it is great, but I’m very restricted in terms of what I can do.
I miss making memories, seeing different countries. “If not for the accident .
