Three years after her Olympic triumph, Robinson was badly injured in an airplane crash.The man who found her thought she was dead, so he put her in his car trunk and drove her to a mortician.

• 1931年，鲁滨逊在一次飞机失事中大难不死，但她也受到严重的伤害：脑震荡、断了一条腿、手骨折、前额被划开一道伤口。