Lost New Zealand woman drinks breast milk 'to keep going'

A New Zealand woman who was lost in a forest east
of Wellington for 24 hours said she drank her own
breast milk and covered herself in dirt to survive.
Susan O'Brien, 29, had taken a wrong turn during
the Xterra race through Rimutaka Forest Park.
Authorities launched a search operation when Mrs
O'Brien failed to reach the finishing line on Sunday
morning.
Mrs O'Brien, a mother of two, was eventually
airlifted out at 11:30 local time (00:30 BST) on
Monday.
She was quickly reunited with her family , 24 hours
after she had been due to finish the race, and the
first thing she did was to feed her 8-month-old
daughter, according to the Dominion Post.
Mrs O'Brien, who also has a two-year-old son, told
reporters: "I definitely thought I was going to
die."
"I'm breast-feeding my baby so I had a bit of my
milk, which I thought, that should help me keep
going."
She also had two litres of water with her, gel
packs and an energy bar, reported Radio New
Zealand.
The fitness trainer said she got very cold and wet
as night descended.
She dug a hole in the forest floor and lay in it
covered with dirt to keep warm overnight. "I just
kept chucking dirt on myself and every time I
heard something I kept screaming 'help'," she said.
She told the New Zealand Herald that the ordeal
had not put her off trail running.