"I had no idea that there was a hole there," the model in the catwalk catastrophe being played across the country says. Sarah Welch is speaking exclusively to INSIDE EDITION about the incident that left the beauty injured.
"It was almost like falling through ice. I was trying to get out and I remember there were pieces breaking around me and I couldn't," Sarah tells INSIDE EDITION.
The incident happened at the Shadang fashion show held at Los Angeles posh Mondrian Hotel. Prior to the models strut down the runway, a kung fu artist accidentally put a hole in the catwalk. Sarah walked out just seconds later.
Sarah tells INSIDE EDITION, "You're told to keep your head held high...so the last thing I'm going to do is get out on stage and look down." The runway itself was built atop the hotel's pool. Sarah says that if the pool hadnt been there, she might have fallen to the floor and broken some bones. "My feet were soaking wet, so if I hadn't caught myself with my hands, I would have had to swim out."
Sarah is a fashion model with Vue Models. INSIDE EDITION caught up with the model, showing her the video of her runway fall for the first time. Sarah's fall left her scraped up. Her foot is bandaged, and she needs stitches. Looking at her swollen ankle, Sarah describes the damage, "It's like the most extreme road rash you've ever seen."
So who was the model that came to Sarah's rescue? Model and actor, Jimmy Jean Louis from TVs hit show, Heroes also took to the catwalk for the show. He rushed in when Sarah fell and pulled the distressed model to safety.
Now looking back on the incident, Sarah can laugh about her runway mishap and the "hero" who saved her. "He was my hero. He saved me," she laughs. To which Jimmy says, "Once a hero, always a hero."