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."
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Sad ending, but given enough time and money, man will always find a way to hurt, maim, or kill himself.
“I think he just wanted to make his mark..”
He did ...a big red liquid mark on the pavement.😎
I recall reading about a cat that survived a 20 plus story drop, but I think it suffered broken legs. At the time, someone said that the drop needed to be at least 7 stories for the cat to avoid serious injuries, as they would basically parachute by spreading their legs and catching the air with the loose skin. I don't, however, recall running across a story about a cat making multiple jumps from high floors.
Not if you’re not smart enough to know you’re going full stop!
It’s odd this article didn’t start with Florida Man.
Not much margin for error 23 stories up.
That would give him a little less than 4 seconds.
But it looks like the lowest base jump was 39 meters/95 feet. Probably used a static line or some other quick deployment method for that one.
"Gravity, you win again!"
My brother was 82nd Airborne. I’m sorry, I meant 82nd AirBooooorne. Anyway, he has a number of fascinating stories about things getting caught in trees and other things “burning in”. Airborne ain’t for sissies.
BASE! - How low can you go?
lol... are you bored??
Saw that. The first few moments, anyway.
...saw his whole lif—...
The danger with BASE jumping off of skyscrapers is not getting enough air to fill your chute. I jumped years ago and regular parachutists would talk about the danger of jumping into downtown areas out of fear of losing their air near a building & having their chutes collapse.
Gravity; it’s the law.
Could be (or was) an “adrenalin” addict. Love the feeling of danger...gives them an emotional high. Daring the devil sounds about right. Sorry for the kids.
“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.”
Another source on this story said he jumped form the 14th floor(!)
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