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1 posted on 04/16/2022 1:25:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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Lawsuit.


63 posted on 04/16/2022 6:13:06 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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heck of story...went looking to fill in the blanks.

here’s a more robust account...it happened in Novemember

https://www.newsweek.com/virginia-skydiver-survives-after-parachute-tangles-around-leg-she-smashes-ground-125-mph-1696901


64 posted on 04/16/2022 6:31:38 PM PDT by stylin19a ("Death Smiles At Everyone - Marines Smile Back")
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I question the speed. I simply don’t think it is possible for a human to hit an immovable object at 80MMPH and survive.


65 posted on 04/16/2022 7:01:46 PM PDT by Revel
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OMG!


66 posted on 04/17/2022 3:42:27 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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Our dad survived WWII, Korea and Vietnam as a pilot, and on the ground sometimes. He stated that there were two kinds of people that jump out of airplanes. Idiots, and people in the Armed Forces. If he still had two wings, he refused to jump. He was flying a smaller, spotter plane in Vietnam when he was shot down. He used the tops of the trees to slow down. Fortunately, the good guys arrived first. He had a drawer full of medals. The only time he put them on was when some General ordered him. Like many others, he did not talk about all of it very much. He did once say that the true heroes were the ones that did not come back.


67 posted on 12/10/2023 3:43:14 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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68 posted on 12/10/2023 4:12:29 PM PST by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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A commercial for Twin Towers interviewed a vet who survived a parachute jump. Horrible injuries to legs and spine.


69 posted on 12/10/2023 4:20:12 PM PST by mware
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