UGG Boots, those ugly boot-slipper hybrid-things that women of America are more than happy to shell out well over a hundred bucks for, may have just saved a woman’s life.
Wednesday night, at a mall in New Jersey, a car suddenly jumped a curb and drove about 50 feet into a Macy’s store.
Six people were injured including 19-year-old Alyssa Padgett Gambino, who had been run over by the car inside the department store. Both of her feet were broken in the accident, but doctors claim things could have been far worse if not for those UGGs. From ABC 7:
“The police officer was like, ‘did you see your feet yet?’ And I looked and I had UGGs on and all the UGGs were torn off. And blood, like liquid, just coming all down the floor,” said Alyssa.
Alyssa’s mom saved the boots that doctors say may have saved Alyssa’s left foot.
“I look at those shoes, I hate ’em but I love ’em,” [Alyssa’s mom] said. “I mean, like I said, if she was wearing tennis shoes or sandals, her foot would’ve been severed.”
Police are still investigating why the 63-year-old female driver apparently didn’t hit the brakes until she was already in the store.
No word if UGG Boots will be giving Alyssa a complimentary new pair of (life saving) boots, Lord knows they should.
