"I Survived After My Husband Cut My Parachute to Kill Me” | Loose Women

However, for today's guest, it has been almost 10 years since she found herself at the heart of an astonishing true story that spread the nation to the outside world. Victoria and Emil Sers were a happy couple living life to the fullest, but on Easter Sunday 2015, life changed forever for Victoria. A skydive organized by her

husband

went disastrously wrong when her main and reserve

parachute

s failed to deploy, but this was no accident. It is now known as one of the most unusual crimes in legal history in 2018. Emil was sentenced to 18 years in prison. for the attempted murder of his wife please welcome Vicki sers okay thank you very much for being here we all remember that news was extraordinary it was shocking and to think that you are here to tell the story is the most extraordinary part of this um It was in 2010 , No?

If I can take you to that Whirlwind romance and that's how this relationship started with everyone. Can you remember those first moments? Yes, I got out of a marriage. I got to the point. I was in my late 30s, well now I'm divorced, I don't have kids and I don't really know where life was going to go and suddenly this guy almost came out of nowhere and it was a bit of a love bomb, he just promised me pretty much everything I wanted and it felt like a fairy tale, I felt like I was getting the happy ending, yes it was amazing, everything was beautiful on paper, it was amazing and yes I thought.

I got my happy ending, it was perfect. Did you have any suspicion that he wasn't 100% like Bill? You know something else could have been going on. I think not in the early days. I think the first warning sign was when he. He denied all of his children, he didn't tell me and I thought that was something too important to lose. There are some little things, but I think I wanted the final stage and I think I just chose to listen to what he said. and um, progress actually, he made you feel that way too, Vicki, because you mentioned that you had been married before and obviously had trust issues throughout that time, so every time something occurred to you between you see, this is your fault, this is how you feel because of what you've been through, so for you, for a lot of people, this will resonate with the people you continue with, right?, because well, maybe it's me, especially after you .

We were married and there started to be some signs that I thought he might be having an affair but every time I brought it up he would change things and I would be the one who ended up apologizing to him and he would blame it on my past. relationship and I ended up saying sorry, yeah, so there was a bit of an awkward period and you were certainly feeling a bit suspicious and he organized a skydive for you, which might be unusual for the rest of us. For you at all, it was a real passion of yours, your instructor and senior skydiver, he's a sweetheart, so you actually thought it was kind of nice for him for a moment, you thought he was doing something pretty positive here, so you were excited. about this moment, a boost in our relationship, maybe he wants to pursue more of a future because I got to the point where I was already fed up with the relationship and marriage, oh actually, maybe all is not lost, you know, he wants do something together, he's actually thinking about me for a change, why don't he describe how he got there?

I don't think any of us have tried Sky Skydiving and it's something I can't understand. I got on the plane and just jumped and it was certainly that moment where there were mixed emotions, very aware that it had been a long day, I was on and off the plane several times and it got to the point where I actually just want to go home. . My body tells me that and I don't really want to be here, so there were a little mixed emotions on the plane. I was actually crying and I didn't want to get out and in the end I was the last person off the plane, but Initially, in that first moment when you get out, it just felt good, it felt good, pulling the

parachute

, um, it wasn't what I expected. again.

I wasn't too worried because I've had failures before, it's just an integral part, so the main thing. parachute, no, yeah, it wasn't viable, it opened but it wasn't controllable, right, so I had to get rid of it and deploy the reserve, but again, it's something you're trained to do, it's pretty standard practice, but in the moment I deployed the reserve and instantly there was something very wrong CU, it could have just been there and everything slows down and is calm, but it wasn't. I was spinning, but your training, of course, Vicky kicks in. I mean, we would. literally everyone is free fall, but you clicked into this trained mode where you're trying to untangle yourself, you're thinking this is a terrible accident, you have to try to fix it, you're thinking this can't be my That day I have to go through this um, but they didn't open any of those parachutes, no and surprisingly you hit the ground, Becky, and when people were watching this on the gr, they actually came to you with a body bag because no one.

I thought you were going to survive this and you did and you attributed a lot of that to where you landed and your training. Yeah, I think it was a combination of things, a combination of luck, trying to slow it down as much as possible. It could, but actually, when you're turning, that creates a little bit of lift, so it probably slowed things down in a cloud field. I guess it was just a catalog of a few things that made it work. Was there a moment during which you thought this? It's that I'm going to die so you never thought that this is the end you don't have time wow amazing then you woke up you're in the hospital you never suspected your

husband

at that time because I remember reading about the first trial and you were a rather reluctant witness it seems to me that you didn't want to believe that your husband was involved that was part of this and it's a big step from suspecting that someone has been cheating on you to murdering you you're married and I have two children together, but I'm also afraid, you know, if what the police was correct and had tried to

kill

me twice if I showed up in court and spoke against him.

I had no idea despite asking people how long it lasts. um sentence that would attract if they just gave him a couple of years in prison and then I'm the one who put him there, what's going to happen to me? Then the police came to you with evidence of your husband's double life like Yes, they had evidence of his double life, but very little evidence of the attempted murder. They kept their cards close to his chest. It was quite difficult for me to understand what was happening during the 2 or 3 years I was locked up. a bit like a black hole I had no idea what was going on I had no control They just kept telling me or in a few more months we will make a decision whether or not to go to court and that went on for years but then you found out that he had actually tried to

kill

you before the skydive, yes, interfering with the gas supply to your house, yes, and I told the police about it, because they just asked me about anything a little out of the ordinary.

I hadn't put two and two together at the time um well, wouldn't you, I mean, it's an extraordinary leap, isn't it in this world ridiculously scary to think that your husband is actually capable of doing what I'm sorry? I ask a quick question: what injuries did you suffer? I broke my pelvis pretty badly, my back, a lot of ribs and some minor internal injuries, so you were in the hospital for quite a while. I guess it was two and a half weeks. At least um, my training came, so as a physical therapist, it was like I was coming home.

You knew what to do exactly right. You moved your toes and hands immediately. Didn't you tell Che that they could do it right away? where were you in the area um he was convicted of two types of attempted murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum sentence of 18 years and he is currently serving his sentence in Staffordshire it was a moment that I look forward to Vicky for you and your family. that somehow you could move on, you thought there was a door closed here, you felt safer, I hope, and you felt like there was a second chapter in life now, but now you're at a point where you feel happy and that you've moved on and I think the judge's ruling was a pivotal moment because that's when I found out a little bit more about everything that happened and after a few months that really sunk in and yeah, it took me a few years, but yeah, coming out The other side, yes, you say having found love again too, which I know you know, I understand that you would be hesitant and that you are cautious about it, but this person is someone who was involved in the world of skydiving.

There, in fact, on the day your accident occurred, attempted murder, is someone to whom you did not have to explain your life, to which I am sure there was a short hand, naturally, between the two of you, yes, and me I had tentatively tried to date someone. a little, but it becomes too much when you try to explain your own circumstances. I can't, maybe I'm just destined to not know someone and it happened quite organically and yeah, it was a relief not to have to explain. everything, yeah, um, but I thought why should my past dictate my future.

I'd like to say it was one of those monumental stories, right? I mean, we all remember it. Hearing on the news that this can't be real and that and that. It was your reality and here you are, thankfully all these years later, a different person, Becky, sincerely, congratulations on everything, send our love to the family and good luck with everything, good luck with everything, it's a pleasure to see you all.