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September 4th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
Kate Sanderson is in a critical condition. Picture: Channel 9
Source: Supplied
A RUNNER horrifically injured after being trapped in a burning gorge during a cross-country race can win the fight for her life, fellow athletes say.
Melburnian Kate Sanderson, 34, was one of four runners cornered by a fire that raged through the small gorge, near Kununurra, WA, on Friday.
A fellow runner in the Kimberley Ultramarathon, who was injured by the flames, yesterday said he felt helpless as he heard Ms Sanderson’s screams.
The Mornington woman is believed to have suffered burns to up to 80 per cent of her body.
Ms Sanderson was flown to Melbourne yesterday after being flown to Darwin Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Last night she was at The Alfred Hospital in a critical condition.
Ultra-runner Nikki Wynd said she was shocked.
“Kate was doing something she loved so much. It’s just so shocking to think that something like this could happen,” she said.
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If anyone could fight this battle and get through it, she’s got what it takes.”
A fellow adventure racer and friend, who did not want to be named, said Ms Sanderson was a kind and generous competitor who spent a lot of time volunteering in support crews for fellow racers.
“We all know that it is a risky sport where anything can happen. That’s why you do it,” she said.
“You know it’s about testing out the limits of your strength and athletic ability. But you don’t expect to be coming up against the forces of nature the way she has.”
Michael Hull, one of two male competitors also burnt in the fire, said it was the scariest time of his life.
“To hear the girls screaming – there was nothing we could do,” he told Channel 7.
NSW woman Turia Pitt, 24, is also in a critical condition in a Sydney hospital with severe burns.
Turia Pitt. Picture: Melanie Russell / The Courier-Mail
A competition organiser said a small grass fire had been burning for days before the event and had not been expected to cause any difficulties for competitors.
The WA police arson squad is investigating whether the blaze was deliberately lit, and how the race competitors came to be trapped by the flames.
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