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Onkel Neal
02-13-07, 03:59 PM
Man, this guy has more luck than sense.
Skydiver releases video of near-death plummet to Earth (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1378368.ece)


This is so funny!
Recalling the final moments before he hit the earth, he said: “You see the ground rushing up and it’s just an imminent impact...I tried to think of something, the right thing to say for the camera. But I looked at the ground again and without thinking I just blurted out: ‘Oh s***, I’m dead...bye.’
ASWnut101
02-13-07, 04:11 PM
one word: Lucky

If his chute didn't deploy at all, he would just be a small creater in the ground. I'd buy this guy a drink any day.


P.S. Did you see the pics of him? He dosen't have a scratch or sprain! Amazing!
Bort
02-13-07, 04:14 PM
This clip is amazing-who would've thought a hedge would save your life after a free fall from an airplane!:doh:
flintlock
02-13-07, 04:17 PM
Wow, talk abot luck indeed. I was hoping to see the video footage but looks like YouTube's already pulled it due to a copyright claim.

If I were that guy, I'd be buying lottery tickets on a regular basis.
STEED
02-13-07, 04:21 PM
Saw it on the news yesterday, he was one heck of a lucky guy.
fredbass
02-13-07, 04:26 PM
What? It's been copywrited already. Damn, I missed it.
Mush Martin
02-13-07, 04:37 PM
where I live the local Skydiving instructor with over 10k jumps once survived
double shoot failure, no kidding. He was doing a demonstration somewhere
up in nova scotia or new brunswick and had both chutes fail, he landed
upright in the standing position chest deep in a bog. No Kaa kaa !

He still jumps but now wears a permanent surprised look.

MM
flintlock
02-13-07, 04:42 PM
What? It's been copywrited already. The copyright claim was from the Associated Newspapers Limited.
August
02-13-07, 05:48 PM
What? It's been copywrited already. The copyright claim was from the Associated Newspapers Limited.

He must have sold it. Darn, i wish i'd been able to see it.
TteFAboB
02-13-07, 07:35 PM
If you search for his name, plus the keyword "Skydiver" you may be able to find it on Google and even YouTube.
August
02-13-07, 07:48 PM
If you search for his name, plus the keyword "Skydiver" you may be able to find it on Google and even YouTube.

Google is exactly where i found it, at least excerpts in a news story. Thanks!

ASW is right, he's alive because his main chute, although not fully deployed, did slow his decent considerably. Hard to tell from the video but it looks like his reserve may have caught some air as well.
August
02-13-07, 08:14 PM
I found a really interesting website in my search:

http://www.greenharbor.com/fffolder/carkeet.html
Fish
02-14-07, 11:14 AM
Here is a other one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKJtui3ukZc
The Avon Lady
02-14-07, 12:01 PM
P.S. Did you see the pics of him? He dosen't have a scratch or sprain! Amazing!
The clip was shown on the news here, with him at the end walking with a bandaged leg with the help of a crutch or cane.
Morts
02-14-07, 12:22 PM
its still there guys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiUU0P-P4c0
XabbaRus
02-14-07, 03:40 PM
Punctured lung and a broken angle.

Did anyone see the other bit which was the film from his jump buddy's helmet camera?

You just see him going in and then his buddy landing, running up to him and asking "you OK bro, you ok, and the guy answering, "No"....funny considering the circumstance.
porphy
02-14-07, 03:56 PM
where I live the local Skydiving instructor with over 10k jumps once survived
double shoot failure, no kidding. He was doing a demonstration somewhere
up in nova scotia or new brunswick and had both chutes fail, he landed
upright in the standing position chest deep in a bog. No Kaa kaa !

He still jumps but now wears a permanent surprised look.

MM

Great, that finishing line had me laughing out loud... :rotfl:

Cheers Porphy