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Panama City Beach man killed in BASE jumping accident remembered as great dad, thrill-seeker [jumped off condo bldg, 'chute didn't open]
Panama City News Herald ^ | 3/24/2021 | Nathan Cobb

Posted on 03/25/2021 3:35:30 PM PDT by simpson96

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Lexi Bradshaw remembers Timothy "Tim" Ackerman as a thrill-seeker who loved being a dad.

Ackerman, a 31-year-old Panama City Beach resident and Bradshaw's ex-husband, died Sunday evening during a BASE jump from the 23rd floor of the Sunrise Beach Resort on Front Beach Road, according to the Panama City Beach Police Department.

Authorities suspect his parachute malfunctioned as he fell.

Timothy "Tim" Ackerman, a 31-year-old Panama City Beach resident who died in a BASE jumping accident Sunday evening, is seen with his 10-year-old daughter, Evie, and his 8-year-old son, Grayson.

"He 100% would not have done this if he thought for a second it wouldn't end well. It was not on purpose," said Bradshaw, 32, also of PCB. "He was happy, he was full of life (and) he sort of lived every day to the fullest as much as he could. He loved his friends and he loved his children more than anything in the world."

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"He was a great friend, he was a great dad and he was just an amazing person," she said. "I think he just wanted to make his mark and do something amazing and out of the ordinary and he did. It just didn't go how he had planned."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsherald.com ...


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To: simpson96

41 posted on 03/25/2021 4:14:36 PM PDT by Bratch (The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time. - Louis L'Amour)
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To: twoputt

Yes it does.


42 posted on 03/25/2021 4:15:17 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: simpson96
...It was not on purpose,"

Bad endings to stupid crap are never on purpose............

43 posted on 03/25/2021 4:15:43 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Meatspace
He fought gravity but gravity always wins.

I fought the Law, and the Law won.

44 posted on 03/25/2021 4:15:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: simpson96

Hey!
Gravity.
It’s not a rumor,
it’s THE LAW!


45 posted on 03/25/2021 4:16:51 PM PDT by djf (Better to be anecdotally alive than clinically dead!)
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To: simpson96

I hope Jesus was covering his life.


46 posted on 03/25/2021 4:20:38 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: simpson96

CNN reported that he survived a 22-story fall only to be killed by COVID-19.


47 posted on 03/25/2021 4:20:58 PM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity ("...for the sake of His name." Psalm 23:3)
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To: simpson96

Gravity, another racist invention of whites.


48 posted on 03/25/2021 4:22:55 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Tag line for rent. )
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To: VeniVidiVici

They don’t. Not yet anyway.


49 posted on 03/25/2021 4:23:22 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Tag line for rent. )
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To: simpson96

So ridiculously sad.

Wouldn’t a parachute malfunction if it’s opened right next to a building? Don’t they need room to expand?


50 posted on 03/25/2021 4:25:42 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (As Patrick Henry once said, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!" Especially now.)
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To: dfwgator
You think he would have liked to have gotten a ‘do over’?

Yeah, reality doesn't have an Alt+Backspace shortcut, unfortunately.

51 posted on 03/25/2021 4:27:46 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Steely Tom

“In life you don’t get another quarter.”


52 posted on 03/25/2021 4:28:19 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: simpson96

Q: If your main chute doesn’t deploy, how long to you have to get your reserve chute to deploy?

A: The rest of your life.


53 posted on 03/25/2021 4:28:29 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Gen.Blather
But, I have a great sympathy for people and try never to judge

Not sure why you can't judge this was absolutely stupid.

54 posted on 03/25/2021 4:29:13 PM PDT by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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To: simpson96
Poor planning or gessestimate.

A typical floor is 10 ft.

23 floors would be 230 ft on the low end.

Not enough air to open a chute.

I think he learned of his error.

55 posted on 03/25/2021 4:29:37 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: dfwgator
“In life you don’t get another quarter.”

Is that where the expression "the enemy gave no quarter" comes from? Hmm. Amusing mental image there.

56 posted on 03/25/2021 4:32:13 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: simpson96

What do they mean they “suspect” his chute didn’t open? How hard could that be to figure out?


57 posted on 03/25/2021 4:34:15 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: Bratch
Not mine!


58 posted on 03/25/2021 4:43:12 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

I enjoyed the movie “The Martian” (I know, Matt Damon being a leftist turd and all) but there was a scene in there I really like.

He is all set to leave the damaged base station and venture forth on his Mars overland journey...he turns to walk out the exit hatch, but pauses before he opens the hatch to the outside, and turns around to go pick up his helmet.

Made me laugh. I could see doing that...opening the door and dying of asphyxiation because I stupidly forgot to put on my helmet.


59 posted on 03/25/2021 4:51:15 PM PDT by rlmorel ("I’d rather enjoy a risky freedom than a safe servitude." Robby Dinero, USMC Veteran, Gym Owner)
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To: Captain Walker

+1

I hope he had plenty of life insurance.


60 posted on 03/25/2021 4:53:12 PM PDT by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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