There's a scene in either "The Da Vinci Code" or "Angels and Demons" when symbologist (and the books' hero) Robert Langdon jumps from a helicopter and survives using a small, but crucial bit of knowledge he once heard about the extraordinary amount of air resistance achieved by just a few feet of surface area when falling from a great distance.

As unlikely as that scene may have been, at least it had an explanation, unlike the real life example of Texas teenager Makenzie Wethington, who experienced the ultimate skydiving paranoia when in January her parachute jammed during a run. She attempted the safety measures taught in the six hour pre-course, but she wasn't strong enough to execute one of the maneuvers. Instead, she blacked out, fell 3,000 feet (according to all reports), and woke up three days later, alive and remarkably put together.

The fall did exact its consequences -- a damaged liver, and a broken pelvis, lumbar spine, shoulder blade, and other bones, among other injuries -- but she's already on her way to recovery. Speaking to reporters on Thursday (with the only outward sign of the fall a neckbrace), she quite eloquently described as much as she could remember before blacking out.

"I remember getting into the plane and feeling that rush of excitement, and I remember jumping out of the plane and looking up and seeing there was a complication with the parachute," Wethington told CBS News. "I started kicking my feet like I was taught in the class and I looked up and it still wasn't opening so I tried to pull the toggles apart but I just wasn't strong enough to fight off the wind."

Almost as remarkable as her survival and subsequent recovery is their lack of explanation in media reports.

"I'm not sure I can explain it...I'm not a physicist. It's an amazing story," Wethington's doctor, Seema Sikka told CBS.

"I don't know the particulars of the accident as I wasn't there" Dr. Jeffrey Bender, the trauma surgeon who treated her, said at a press conference, Kera News reported. "But if she truly fell 3,000 feet, I have no idea how she survived."

Scanning the numerous news stories, I couldn't find one expert or doctor justifying how a girl could survive a 3,000 foot fall. Perhaps blacking out helped prepare her body for the landing?

That mystery has deepened Wethington's religious beliefs, and has renewed her convictions to become a surgeon.

"In the future I've always wanted to be a surgeon, and now I know I want to specialize in trauma so I can relate to the patients more. It's given me a better look on life," she said.