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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1538/
- Published: 2026-07-22T18:30:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-22T18:30:04.000Z
- Description: “Clumsy me, I tripped over my own two feet,” Rivet told the outlet.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> An 82-year-old US woman survived nine days trapped in her bathtub after a fall left her unable to stand, call for help or escape.  
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> Widow Joan Rivet of North Carolina was discovered on June 10 after relatives and neighbours became concerned when they could not reach her, the *Mountaineer* first reported.  
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> “I was unconscious and barely had a pulse when the rescuers arrived,” Rivet told *People* from her room at the rehabilitation centre where she was slowly recovering.  
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> “I don’t remember being rescued by them at all, to be honest with you.”  
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> The accident happened on June 1 as Rivet prepared for bed. She was changing into her pyjamas in the bathroom rather than in her bedroom and lost her footing, *People* reported.  
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> “Clumsy me, I tripped over my own two feet,” Rivet told the outlet.  
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> NZ Herald

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