makenzie tweeting i'll be as careful as i can be jumping out of a plane.on, meagan got a frantic call from her father. >> he was like her chute didn't open up and got tangled and i was like this is not funny. >> reporter: tragically, makenzie had fallen, spinning 3500 feet to the ground. >> she honestly keeps saying is she just thinks it's her fault because she couldn't reach up and pull the chute. >> reporter: she was rushed to an oklahoma city hospital where she is recovering from internal bleeding, a broken vertebrae and a shattered pelvis. she's breathing on her own in an intensive care unit. >> she's okay. you know, she's not dead. she could be. >> reporter: bob swainson who owns pegasus air sport told local media that makenzie's parachute did open but that there was a problem with it and they're not sure what created the problem. he added that makenzie did not follow the training that was given before the jump on how to activate a second chute. her family is hiring an attorney to help them investigate what caused the accident. makenzie will remain in

>> makenzie wethington's family say she and her father spent six hours practicing early in the day.e father went first. after he landed, he saw her falling. she spiraled the w and couldn't reach up and pull the backup chute. >> her vertebra broke in half. her pelvic bone completely split in half. she has more broken bones in her back. she has two broken ribs. her teeth. >> now, she says her sister is now breathing on her own and talking on her own as well. she also claims an instructor was supposed to jump after makenzie but for some reason didn't shep. >> has the school said anything about that? >> she dived with a company called pegasus. we reached out to their own. er. we had no response. in other interviews he says makenzie did something wrong and hasn't explained what he meant by that. the family went to oklahoma because the school allowed her to jump though she's not yet 18. according to the website, the family would have had to sign this release which acknowledges the risk of injury and even death, shep. >> lea gabrielle on the fox news deck in new york. >>> little more than

. >> reporter: she is makenzie wethington who this morning has a shattered spine, ribs and pelvis.er doctors say her injuries look like she was hit by a car going 50 miles an hour. >> when i first saw her in the emergency department, i would have predicted she was not going to survive all this. >> reporter: her father says it can only be described by one word, miracle. >> makenzie jumped out of a plane but she fell in god's hands. >> reporter: joe wethington made the same jump before his daughter saturday. it was his gift to her for her 16th birthday. the family drove three hours to oklahoma because back home in texas, you have to be 18 to skydive. despite her age, her father says makenzie didn't do anything wrong. >> we went to the class, which was inadequate. the equipment is inadequate. >> reporter: not so fast says the owner of pegasus air sports in chickasha, oklahoma. >> i'm sorry that the girl got hurt. i don't feel that there was anything largely wrong with our equipment. >> reporter: and he claims makenzie for some reason did not follow the instructions he was giving her d

makenzie wethington's family is devastated. >> it was her dream, her dream and my dad said, okay, on16th birthday, i will take you skydiving. >> she was already so excited and so gung ho and she's super brave, you know, i couldn't yank the road out from under her. >> the teen was transferred out of the intensive care unit yesterday and doctors expect her to make a full recovery in about six to eight weeks. >>> now to a story from michigan. a 10-year-old hero. danny di pi et tree was being driven home from a hockey game. he spotted an open garage door on a nearby house and thought maybe a dog had escaped so danny pestered his mom to go back and check it out. >> it was late at night and super cold out and i just in their garage was open and something just didn't feel right. >> well, it turns out an 80-year-old woman had slipped and couldn't get up off the garage floor. danny and his mom found her and called 911. the woman is recovering in a hospital and her daughter calls danny her hero. >> quick thinking young man. >>> okay, important medical news now for the millions of americans who

for now, the focus is on makenzie's recovery, a teen whose survival has been called a miracle.rs to a park in south africa leaned out of their car window to take pictures of lions, but then one lion felt his turf being threatened and let out a mighty roar. that would stop you right there. kept the kids to keep their hands and their heads -- >> let's go, that's a lion. >> -- inside the car. let's go. get back. >> whoa. >> that's what a lion looks like. >> that's all you need. it even threatened the lioness. >> like what's wrong with you? >> where are we going? >> his bite isn't as bad as his bark. >> yes, it is. >> be careful. >>> let us go down to al, in washington this morning covering that rare winter storm down south and chilly temperatures there, too. >> hey, guys, by the way, i noticed that we have a pretty good crowd outside, and yet, you're all inside. >> well, we wanted to make sure they have, you know, their best access to the fire pit. >> that's right. >> there they are. >> so, there they all are. >> bulldinky! >> what is bulldinky, al? >> i think you know what it mea

her sister says she's amazed makenzie is alive. >> she hit the ground but she did not hit the ground.nd caught her. >> god's hand caught her. she's breathing on her own. she's awake and looks like she will survive. now her family wants to know exactly what happened on board that airplane and what happened with the parachute company, skydiving company. the parachute did open but she started spinning. the family got a lawyer to see if they could get to the bottom of this accident. >> unbelievable story. so thankful she's alive. thanks so much. >>> new polls show why president obama may be a drag on five democratic senators up for re-election. could that hand the senate to the republicans in 2014? we will analyze that for you. congressman darrell issa joins us live. he wants to know if the president will mention benghazi terror attacks tonight more than 16 months after it all happened. >>> here is our state of the union thrivia question today. see if you can answer it. can congressmen reserve their seats at the state of the union? we'll ask congressman issa as well when we come back. let

nutrition in charge™. 16-year old makenzie wethin spirals wildly to the groun- s. >>> ' horrifying experiencesfirst time teenaged skydiver. thethe 16-year-old fell to the ground and lived to talk about it. her chute opened only halfway and she began to rotate out of control. >> they got on the radio on the ground, the guy on the radio on the ground is trying to talk her out of what's going on and telling her what to do and she can't. she can't do it. >> mackenzie is in icu. she suffered a broken pelvis, vertebrae in her lower back, shoulder blade and several ribs. she is going to be okay. it was her sweet sixteen birthday and you would never think something like that would happen. >> good to here she's going to be okay. >> yeah. >>> time now 5:44. liza? >> it's been busy. most of the accidents we have been seeing have been concentrated in the east bay. mostly in oakland. so we are going to start off with this problem in oakland. southbound 880 just beyond the 980. two lanes blocked. all lanes were blocked to put a big rig tow truck in place. now it's down to 36 miles per hour in the area. ther

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. >> joe, how is makenzie this morning?eing able to say that seems like a miracle. >> absolutely. she is a miracle. >> and what do you attribute to how she was able to survive such a fall? >> well, i guess, i can say, as the doctor said, her being healthy was helpful. she's a healthy young child. >> absolutely. >> and lady. >> absolutely. >> dr. bender, what kind of injuries are we talking about now? can you say she is in good condition this morning? >> that's correct. amazingly, none of her injuries actually required an operation to fix. somewhat ironically, the most minor of them, a broken tooth, may need some oral surgery later this week or next. but all of her other injuries including a ruptured liver and fractured pelvis and bones who numerous to mention will heal on their own. >> is it too much to say when she came in after such a fall, did you think -- did you think that she was going to be able to survive this? >> well, it's interesting when she first showed up, there was barely a mark on her. it was hard to believe