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To: Cincinatus' Wife
For some similar stories check out the The Free Fall Research Page
13 posted on 07/31/2005 6:11:48 AM PDT by Drew68 (IYAOYAS! Semper Gumby!)
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To: Drew68

Amazing!

I think I'd be dead from fright before hitting the ground.


15 posted on 07/31/2005 6:15:24 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Drew68

The freefall site was especially interesting to me because in 1963 I knew a skydiver whose shutes failed at 5,000 feet near the NASA center at Clear Lake. We were expecting him for a backyard bar-b-que and he didn't show up.

His wife called and we went to the hospital the next day. Virtually every bone from his feet through his hips were broken--but he landed in proper form which saved his life--along with the spongy ground.


23 posted on 07/31/2005 9:30:22 AM PDT by wildbill
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