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A former paratrooper has attempted to break two world records after jumping from an aircraft into the sea.
John Bream, 34, nicknamed "the Flying Fish", dropped about 130ft (40m) from a helicopter off Hayling Island on the Hampshire coast.
Support divers said he was briefly unconscious when he hit the water and was taken to hospital as a precaution.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-54692343
No cold feet...eh?
What two records was he trying to break?
What two records was he trying to break? No! This man had record, The current world record for the highest jump into water is 191ft (58 metres).
That feat was achieved by Brazilian-Swiss extreme athlete Laso Schaller during a leap from a cliff at Cascata del Salto, Switzerland, in 2015.
https://news.sky.com/story/john-bream-ex-paratrooper-taken-to-hospital-after-jumping-without-parachute-from-helicopter-into-sea-12115279
Mr. Bream did a attempt! Mr Bream was raising funds and awareness for All Call Signs and Support Our Paras, two charities which provide mental health support for veterans.
He is believed to have fallen for about three or four seconds before hitting the Solent waters at about 80mph.
He was aiming to set a record for the highest freefall into water from an aircraft. But his attempt has not yet been verified by the Guinness World Records.
The thread title mentions TWO world records. I figured that the highest jump into water would be one of them but I wonder what was the other?
The thread title mentions TWO world records. I figured that the highest jump into water would be one of them but I wonder what was the other? Me too! Maybe the speed..? which was "about 80mph".
He have some funds, so here is the link for it https://uk.gofundme.com/f/Highest-jump-into-water?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unknown&utm_campaign=comms_gfm+Highest-jump-into-water
I hope it wasn't something like:
1. Highest jump into water
2. Highest jump into water from an aircraft.
Because then you could add:
3. Highest jump into water from an aircraft while wearing pants.
:)
It is possible that it appears there ...what records it is about, more concretely.
I hope it wasn't something like:
1. Highest jump into water
2. Highest jump into water from an aircraft.
Because then you could add:
3. Highest jump into water from an aircraft while wearing pants.
:) Sweet! :)
Platapus
10-26-20, 07:09 PM
I bet that was some hard feeling water.
Buddahaid
10-26-20, 08:21 PM
People try that from the GG bridge and most fail...
Aktungbby
10-26-20, 11:04 PM
People try that from the GG bridge and most fail... Indeed! When I interviewed for Golden Gate bridge security a while back, the 5 person interview panel inquired 'what I an experienced Federal housing officer, would do to improve things on the bridge'. I responded with my customary cheeky sod humor: "open a bungee-cord concession to "let em' try it once!" They were consumed with mirth! So much for formality. During a Civil War re-enactor weekend, some years previously, at Ft. Point directly under the G.G. Bridge, a female jumper had miscalculated her leap and ended up inside the fort. Fortunately ,the grave 0200 on-duty shift, incl. myself, were battle-hardened fire/police 'first responders'. We covered the multiple messy remains with our ponchos (HIV precautions) and summoned the Presidio Park Police to handle the affair, w/o waking some 150 other re-enactors, mostly juveniles, in their bunks. Talkin' firsthand misery here! I was probably going to get the bridge patrol position... till I surmised being the newest recruit on the grave shift on the bridge during Pacific storms at SF Bay's Hells Gate is no place for old 60+ guards to be! I did not show for the second interview even though the panel had apparently liked my no-holds barred response enough to invite me for the second interview....the bridge is now being fitted/equipped with steel netting to prevent jumpers. 26 (known out of 1400 since 1937!) jumpers died this year and Bridge Security prevented another 156 from leaping to their demise.
Jimbuna
10-27-20, 03:31 AM
People try that from the GG bridge and most fail...
:haha:
Aktungbby
10-27-20, 03:40 AM
I bet that was some hard feeling water.The four-second fall from the Golden Gate Bridge sends a person plunging 245 feet (75 m) at 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) to hit the waters of the San Francisco Bay "with the force of a speeding truck meeting a concrete building." Jumping off the bridge holds at least a 98 percent fatality rate; and it is speculated the fatality rate is actually higher than 98% because of people whose bodies are never found after they make the jump. As of 2013, it is estimated that 34 people have survived after jumping.Some die instantly from internal injuries, while others drown or die of hypothermia. The Golden Gate bridge's death toll has since been surpassed only by that of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in China. COLD FEELIN' WATER IMHO but help is just a call away: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Suicide_prevention_sign_on_the_Golden_Gate_Bridge_ 2.jpg/1024px-Suicide_prevention_sign_on_the_Golden_Gate_Bridge_ 2.jpg
Jimbuna
10-27-20, 04:58 AM
COLD FEELIN' WATER IMHO but help is just a call away: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Suicide_prevention_sign_on_the_Golden_Gate_Bridge_ 2.jpg/1024px-Suicide_prevention_sign_on_the_Golden_Gate_Bridge_ 2.jpg
Performed a quick search and it looks like the Golden Gate death figure is somewhere in the region of 1,700 and the Nanjing Bridge has recently passed 2,000
Platapus
10-27-20, 06:53 AM
There is a small, but still significant percentage of people who jump from the Golden Gate Bridge and never hit water.
I don't know if it is intentional or not. I would think that if one were going to jump off a bridge, they would look down at least once.
Suicide attempts are considered to be extremely spontaneous, and not something that the person in question plans over time, but of course there are exceptions, unfortunately.
Jimbuna
10-27-20, 09:55 AM
There is a small, but still significant percentage of people who jump from the Golden Gate Bridge and never hit water.
I don't know if it is intentional or not. I would think that if one were going to jump off a bridge, they would look down at least once.
We have a bridge (there are a total of 26) that ha a 25.6m clearance above high water (see picture below).
Thankfully there has not been that many 'jumpers' in recent years but on one occasion I was the first unit in attendance and the guy on the wrong side of the safety rail was clearly anxious but by far more scared in my estimation because his grasp on the rail was so intense every knuckle in each hand was snow white. Fortunately after five minutes of giving assurances and offers of help he came back to the safer side of the fence.
As he was led away to an ambulance one of my colleagues who patrolled the area far more frequently than me was heard to say something along the lines of "He was only after attention, the ones who mean to jump just get on with it"....rather uncaring and callous in my estimation.
Heaven forbid he should ever feel the need to be in that position himself.
https://i.postimg.cc/02CpPpgB/2-tyne-bridge.jpg (https://postimages.org/)
Platapus
10-27-20, 10:09 AM
Suicide attempts are considered to be extremely spontaneous, and not something that the person in question plans over time, but of course there are exceptions, unfortunately.
Not sure I would agree with that. There may be some number of spontaneous suicides or attempts, but I don't think they are a significant percentage.
Jimbuna
10-27-20, 10:43 AM
Not sure I would agree with that. There may be some number of spontaneous suicides or attempts, but I don't think they are a significant percentage.
On that we can both agree :yep:
Aktungbby
10-27-20, 12:11 PM
There is a small, but still significant percentage of people who jump from the Golden Gate Bridge and never hit water. Just so they don't land inside Ft Point on top of a re-enactors assigned to the authentic night-watch detail of the 1860's! :k_confused: Most of the land hits are from the north Marin end of the bridge... https://flowingdata.com/2009/07/28/suicides-by-location-on-the-golden-gate-bridge/#:~:text=Here%20we%20see%20San%20Francisco%E2%80%9 9s%20Golden%20Gate%20Bridge,of%20the%20suicides%20 occurred%2C%20has%20a%20pedestrian%20walkway.
I don't know if it is intentional or not. I would think that if one were going to jump off a bridge, they would look down at least once.
Suicide attempts are considered to be extremely spontaneous, and not something that the person in question plans over time, but of course there are exceptions, unfortunately.Considering the long walk out onto the span from parking on either the Marin side or the Park Presidio/Ft Point side, generally heavily-trafficked, with maintenance personnel etc. 24/7 past the jumper-phones, I cannot consider that is spontaneous at all.:hmmm: Survivors, those few who manage to land feetfirst avoiding a fatal impact, reflect that the four second drop at 120+ mph gets very slow motion; and they regret their decision in midair...:shucks:
Not sure I would agree with that. There may be some number of spontaneous suicides or attempts, but I don't think they are a significant percentage.There is research that supports this. At least in this country. But when it comes to it globally, I can not comment on it.
Some links about subject!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate
https://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/suicideprevent/en/
https://ourworldindata.org/suicide
https://www.who.int/news/item/09-09-2019-suicide-one-person-dies-every-40-seconds
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