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Peruvian Man Survives 5,000-Foot Fall and Doesn’t Even Break a Bone After Parachute Mishap
New York Daily News ^
| 5/8
| Joe Kemp
Posted on 05/08/2014 12:42:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
I remember reading a story about a WWII American airman who had to bail out or fell out of a bomber over enemy territory.
In the end, he ended up ‘landing’ without a parachute down the gentle slope of a grassy mountain or something like that. He cartwheeled and rolled head over heels down the slope, but he incurred no injuries....
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posted on
05/08/2014 12:45:50 PM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Gaffer
A Russian airman survived a 13,000 foot fall when he hit a snow covered mountain at a high angle and slid to a stop.
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posted on
05/08/2014 12:48:59 PM PDT
by
AU72
To: nickcarraway
Yet if I trip and fall, I will probably break my arm......
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posted on
05/08/2014 12:50:19 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
To: nickcarraway
Terminal velocity in a free fall is about 125 mph. Think of being in a car hitting a tree at that speed with no seat belt on.
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posted on
05/08/2014 12:50:27 PM PDT
by
AU72
To: AU72
I can believe it.....God is there, you just have to believe sometimes.
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posted on
05/08/2014 12:51:04 PM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: nickcarraway
No reserve? Or maybe it was too risky since the main was wrapped around his neck?
Lucky man for sure, he is bound to get a nick name out of that one. Lucky is too obvious. Bounce?
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posted on
05/08/2014 12:58:21 PM PDT
by
HerrBlucher
(Praise to the Lord the Almighty the King of Creation)
To: AU72
after the lines from the parachute wrapped around his neck
Not an expert but it sounds like the chute deployed and slowed him down. Uncontrolled landing I am sure.
To: nickcarraway
He’ll probably get run over by a truck while sleeping in his bed.
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posted on
05/08/2014 1:02:07 PM PDT
by
Track9
(hey Kalid.. kalid.. bang you're dead)
To: Gaffer
IIRC, there are several cases of individuals falling from planes at high altitudes and surviving....one included a person who fell through a plate glass skylight.
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posted on
05/08/2014 1:02:57 PM PDT
by
rottndog
('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
To: nickcarraway
Well, Peru is at high elevation. Gravity isn’t as strong up there so he didn’t hit very hard.
Yeah, that’s it.
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posted on
05/08/2014 1:04:57 PM PDT
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: nickcarraway
No reserve, no angled slope, lines tangled around his neck, alive and well with no broken bones after a five thousand foot fall?
LOL, what else is needed to declare a miracle here?
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posted on
05/08/2014 1:06:29 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: HerrBlucher
nickname = Wile E. Coyote
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posted on
05/08/2014 1:17:10 PM PDT
by
The_Sword_of_Groo
(A Winch usually gets mounted on the front of a jeep...a wench usually gets mounted in the back.)
To: Gaffer
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posted on
05/08/2014 1:19:43 PM PDT
by
rottndog
('Live Free Or Die' Ain't just words on a bumber sticker...or a tagline.)
To: saganite
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posted on
05/08/2014 1:19:46 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: Gaffer
“Ooooooh sssshhhhhh!!!!!!!!ttttt!!!”
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posted on
05/08/2014 1:23:40 PM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: nickcarraway
Hope he bought a lottery ticket.
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posted on
05/08/2014 1:26:43 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Seriously, do we no longer do "phrasing"?!)
To: Talisker
LOL, what else is needed to declare a miracle here? A declaration of faith.
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posted on
05/08/2014 1:41:36 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
To: Gaffer
Angel working overtime ...
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posted on
05/08/2014 1:42:09 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
To: nickcarraway
“Hey physics! Look over there!”
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posted on
05/08/2014 1:44:29 PM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(Tri nornar eg bir. Binde til rota...)
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