Abigail (Abby) Marsh

But I waited at the top of the terrain park while one of my kids decided to go down the terrain and

And lo and behold, they were not well enough equipped for this terrain park and ended up, you know, juddering over a bunch of bumps and then disappearing from sight, flying in the air and disappearing from sight.

And I panicked because I knew that they could have fallen in the spot that they were and hurt themselves really badly.

And before I knew it, I found myself flying through this terrain park, avoiding as best I could the really big jumps, much faster than I'm normally comfortable skiing.

to get to my child and make sure that she was okay.

Now, she had smashed her face pretty badly at the bottom of the series of jumps she'd been over and blood was pouring down her face and she wasn't very happy in the moment.

Luckily, she was okay.

But I do remember thinking afterward, that is the fastest I have skied in a very long time.

But I just, you know, as so many people I've talked to over the years have told me, you know, you don't think of yourself in the moment.

You just think of what the other person needs and about trying to help.