{"id":2486432,"date":"2025-09-14T17:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T21:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-a-240-foot-fall-and-days-alone-in-a-ravine-teen-miraculously-returns-home-to-recover\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T17:50:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T21:50:21","slug":"after-a-240-foot-fall-and-days-alone-in-a-ravine-teen-miraculously-returns-home-to-recover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-a-240-foot-fall-and-days-alone-in-a-ravine-teen-miraculously-returns-home-to-recover\/","title":{"rendered":"After a 240-Foot Fall and Days Alone in a Ravine, Teen Miraculously Returns Home to Recover"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-a-240-foot-fall-and-days-alone-in-a-ravine-teen-miraculously-returns-home-to-recover%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2486432&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Missouri teenager cody Trenkle Jr., 13, survived a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-was-trapped-under-driverless-car-after-accident-in-san-francisco\/\" title=\"Woman trapped under driverless car in SF after accident.\">harrowing accident<\/a> after falling 240 feet into a ravine while skateboarding in St. Francois County. Missing for over three days, an extensive search-and-rescue operation involving family, volunteers, and K-9 units finally located him lying in water in the ravine. Severely injured with dehydration, deep wounds, a brain bleed, and pneumonia, Cody was airlifted to Cardinal Glennon Children&#8217;s Hospital in St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>He spent nearly two weeks in a coma before awakening and communicating with his mother, giving her hope and signaling his recovery.Despite his serious injuries, Cody displayed remarkable resilience, climbing a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >hospital rock wall<\/a> before his release after about a month. Now home, he continues to face challenges with balance, coordination, strength, and short-term memory but remains determined to recover fully. Cody has also promised to wear a helmet when skateboarding in the future. Throughout his ordeal, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/small-children-abandoned-near-texas-border-by-human-smugglers\/\" title=\"Small Children Abandoned near Texas Border by Human Smugglers\">mother remained<\/a> by his side, deeply moved by his fighting spirit and progress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>After plunging into a ravine and spending a month at the hospital, Missouri teen Cody Trenkle Jr. is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-teenager-strolls-out-of-rehab-after-being-told-she-may-never-walk-again-shes-strong-willed\/\" title=\"WATCH - Teenager Strolls Out of Rehab After Being Told She May Never Walk Again: &#039;She&#039;s Strong-Willed&#039;\">finally home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It was July when Trenkle, 13, biffed from his skateboard and fell 240 feet into a ravine in St. Francois County, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksdk.com\/article\/news\/local\/as-seen-on-tv\/missouri-teen-rescued-from-ravine-is-finally-home-after-a-month-in-the-hospital-st-francois-county-cody-trenkle\/63-306aa35c-4a66-450e-8565-2b3d07c5e3a8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KSDK-TV<\/a> in St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t really remember what happened after I fell off,&rdquo; Trenkle said. &ldquo;All I really know is that I flew off the board. But it was the grass&rsquo;s fault, man, it wasn&rsquo;t my fault.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trenkle&rsquo;s disappearance launched a search-and-rescue operation that lasted 80 hours as family, volunteers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-k9-helps-sniff-evidence-dognapping-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">K-9s<\/a> searched for the missing skateboarder.<\/p>\n<p>They eventually found him in a ravine near Goose Creek Lake lying in a foot of water.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Dehydrated and afflicted with deep wounds, a brain bleed, and pneumonia, Trenkle was airlifted to the Cardinal Glennon Children&rsquo;s Hospital in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/missouri-gov-shows-newsom-done-prepares-civil-unrest-way-gavin-couldnt-bring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Louis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When he awoke from his coma in August, two weeks later, he signed a message to his mother. &ldquo;I love you,&rdquo; he said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/missouri-teen-dakota-cody-trenkle-jr-goes-home-after-falling-into-ravine-spending-month-in-hospital-exclusive-11804014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That moment was pivotal to me,&rdquo; said his mother, Stephanie Neely. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s made the last couple weeks of stress, heartache, hope, gratitude, sadness, and pain worth it because that small gesture meant my boy was coming back to me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&lsquo;A TRUE MIRACLE&rsquo; &#128156; 13-year-old Cody Trenkle Jr., who survived a 240-foot fall into a ravine, is awake after nearly 2 weeks in a coma: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nPJeAKuRwJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/nPJeAKuRwJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lZ3kXKWLC9\">pic.twitter.com\/lZ3kXKWLC9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Reagan Roy-Young (@reaganroy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reaganroy\/status\/1955283171206963501?\">August 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While hospitalized, Trenkle longed for home.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Man, I wanted to leave the second I woke up from the coma,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I was just determined to get home, so I just did whatever they needed me to do to get there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, his mother was by his side the entire time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thirteen-year-old Dakota &ldquo;Cody&rdquo; Trenkle Jr., missing for over three days, was found in a ravine with severe injuries and placed in a coma; now awake, his mother celebrates his progress and his unyielding spirit to survive after a harrowing ordeal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2iPuC2jd8C\">pic.twitter.com\/2iPuC2jd8C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nyra Kraal (@NyraKraal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NyraKraal\/status\/1955796731699855667?\">August 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rep-lunas-update-jfk-files-lone-gunman-theory-destroyed-witness-hospital-rogue-cia-factions-also-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hospital<\/a> released him, just before Labor Day, he climbed the hospital rock wall four times.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We already knew that he was a fighter and super strong before, and very resilient,&rdquo; his mother told KSDK-TV.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This incident in itself just proved that tenfold. For somebody to go through what he went through, and a month later be able to walk out of the hospital and have the mindset that he does, with very minimal effects from the accident, it&rsquo;s truly inspiring.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But Trenkle still has a long road of recovery ahead of him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GZffUoRrrnM?si=wJp_J4lVG1jbUEuz\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Cody has been doing so well since coming home from the hospital,&rdquo; his mother told People. &ldquo;He does still have some struggles physically with balance, coordination and strength as well as some short-term memory loss.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He gets pretty frustrated with both, but we are taking the necessary steps to help him make a full turn around and get back to being 100% Cody,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Cody also made a deal with his mom that he would wear a helmet when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biological-man-enters-skateboarding-contest-transgender-look-pre-teen-girl-competitors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skateboards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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