[Bob]

Manhattan real estate investor David Winoker died with sky diving instructor Alexander Chulsky on Friday during a failed tandem parachute jump in Ulster County, New York, when their parachute did not open.

Actually, they didn't die when their parachute didn't open -- they died when they hit the ground after their parachute did not open.

[dmz]

Actually, they didn’t die when their parachute didn’t open — they died when they hit the ground after their parachute did not open.

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As my father used to say, it wasn’t the fall, it was the sudden stop.

[Carriage Hill]

It’s not the fall which kills you; it’s the sudden stop.