Glad it helped. The paper also said that employees are trained to try to ride it down like that in case of an accident, because the board absorbs much of the impact.
It's hard to believe that anyone could live after that far of a fall. I got knocked backward 3 1/2 feet out of a trailer and fractured several bones. The next day, I literally couldn't move from the pain. I can only imagine the pain this man has gone through. It is a miracle he's alive.
My hubby has fallen off the top of a 40’ pole a couple of times. I thought that was bad enough. But geez, 470’??!! I think I’d die just from the fear of the fall.