BALTIMORE - A Maryland teenager is a true testament to survival: after surviving a car accident and then a helicopter crash, doctors say young Jordan Wells is making a remarkable recovery. This September, 18-year-old Wells survived a car accident and then was the sole survivor of a medical helicopter crash en route to the hospital.

Covered in bandages and braces, Wells remains hospitalized at Baltimore Shock Trauma. She lost part of a leg and has a long road to recovery ahead of her, but her spirit remains strong.

In a news conference Monday in Baltimore, she described the crash and hours spent on the ground, waiting to be rescued:

"I started screaming for help, and, um, I was actually crying for help. I was crying and I was screaming for help," she recalled. "I just remember being very cold. It was raining, it was dark, there were trees around me. There was a helicopter around me and I just remember being in a lot of pain. It was the worst time in my life... I just prayed out to God that I would be saved."

On Sept, 27, 2008, Wells and her friend Ashley Younger, 17, were involved in a crash in Charles County when the car Wells was driving hydroplaned on the wet road. First responders called in a MedEvac flight to take the two to the Prince George's Hospital Center. But weather conditions deteriorated rapidly during the journey. The pilot rerouted the helicopter to Andrews Air Force Base. It crashed just short of the base, in a wooded area, killing Waldorf EMT Tonya Mallar, 38, Pilot Stephen Bunker, 59, Younger, and state police medic Trooper First Class Mickey Lippy, 34.

"I remember looking and seeing the helicopter crashed beside me, and it took awhile for that to really hit me and realize, because so much happened. And I just remember being in a lot of pain."

After hours alone in the dark, Wells said she heard the faint voices calling out that those with her -- the pilot, a paramedic, an EMT, and her best friend had been killed. "I was very scared," said Wells. "I was very scared and alone."

Some, including the mother of crash victim Ashley Younger, have questioned whether Wells and Younger should have ever gone on that flight, as the teenagers were not seriously injured in the car accident.

"I just wish that, um, someone would find what's wrong with all these helicopters and fix them so it won't happen again and no one will have to go through what I went through," said Wells.

In the wake of this accident, the state is reviewing its Medevac procedures to decide which patients should be flown to the hospital, and fewer Medevac flights have been requested by paramedics since the accident.

Doctors say Wells' prognosis is good. Despite losing part of her right leg and suffering extensive further injuries, she has made a remarkable recovery. She is expected to begin walking again in about a year. Her wishes are to feel well enough to go to college and to lead a normal life.