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Army officer survives 3,500ft fall after parachute fails to open
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| 11/14/2004
| Sean Rayment
Posted on 11/14/2004 7:53:26 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: csvset
He should be awarded the Wiley Coyote Acme Award.
ROTFL!!!
There's SO many jokes in this. Not to belittle this guy's experience, but WOW! Give this fella an award for surviving.
Now, on to the jokes:
Bush's fault.
Helluva way to visit lovely Kenya.
Kinda hard to light your last cigarette in freefall.
OK, continue the wisecracks. I'm done.
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posted on
11/14/2004 10:47:34 AM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(FReepers, Do NOT let the voter fraud stories die!!!! (Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name))
I forgot one:
That's common when you DON'T make sure the door doesn't hit you on the a$$ on the way out.
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posted on
11/14/2004 10:49:14 AM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(FReepers, Do NOT let the voter fraud stories die!!!! (Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name))
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
We had people breaking legs and ankles when their 'chutes opened!
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
64
posted on
11/14/2004 12:47:06 PM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(Santorum 2008)
To: raybbr
What's this?That's just gas. Happens every time...
65
posted on
11/14/2004 12:51:53 PM PST
by
Libloather
(RED REGIONS ROCK!)
To: WhirlwindAttack
"He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright.
He checked off his equipment and made sure his pack was tight.
He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar.
You ain't gonna jump no more".
Chorus:
Gory, gory, what a hell of way to die.
Gory, gory, what a hell of way to die.
Gory, gory, what a hell of way to die.
He ain't gonna jump no more.
Blood On The Risers
66
posted on
11/14/2004 2:54:20 PM PST
by
45semi
(A Kennedy speaking, and the wind from me arse, bear suspicious resemblance...)
To: skeptoid
To: airborne
Same slogan at the Otis Elevator Company.
To: Rockpile
My brother ejected when the plane next in formation told him his taiil was on fire. His chute never opened. They said he prob. never was conscious before he hit ground but after reading this story, I wonder. This guy was one lucky guy!!
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posted on
03/06/2006 11:01:41 AM PST
by
mamc
(Marilyn Mc in St Louis, Mich.)
To: mamc
You lost your brother in an ejection? Well, just damn.
You know though, he could very well have been knocked out. Had he been conscious he might have gotten the chute open manually.
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posted on
03/06/2006 6:42:42 PM PST
by
Rockpile
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
The luck of the Irish in action.
So who buys the drinks...him, his platoonmates, or the parachute rigger?
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posted on
03/06/2006 6:47:52 PM PST
by
RichInOC
("AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!")
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
My suggestion to his mom is that she not visit the site. One of my sons had a hard landing from a partial deployment of a parachute. His reserve tangled around his foot and also only partially deployed. He took me to the site where he happened to land in a sand pit. I wanted to puke just noticing the sand pit surrounded by land. There is a God and he does watch out for us a lot.
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posted on
03/06/2006 6:49:15 PM PST
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghanistan Honor Roll students.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
"Leftenant Williams, there's a call for you on line one."
"Who is it, ma'am?"
"Royal Navy recruiter, sir."
To: BIGLOOK
Crewman, Idaho Nat. Guard, late 60's. Fell out of the door of a helicopter. 1500 ft to the desert floor,no parachute. Got up and walked back to base. True story. Flight attendent,late 70's airplane exploded at 30,000 ft strapped in a chair landed on a steep snow covered hill. Slid 2 1/2 miles into the valley. Hurt bad but lived. Friend of mine fell off of an 8 foot ladder, hit his head and died. It's a crazy world.
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posted on
03/06/2006 7:02:02 PM PST
by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
To: calljack
In my thirties, I fell five feet onto a paved road from the back of a truck, did the roll but still broke my ankle in two places. Never had a broken bone before.
Go figure.
BTW, I've sworn off falling down.
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posted on
03/06/2006 7:55:40 PM PST
by
BIGLOOK
(Order of Battle: Sink or capture as Prize, MS Media)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
To: fso301
There is a story, probably apocryphal (OK, I just wanted to use that word) about a fellow out east who was an experienced jumper. He was the video guy during group jumps.
Well, as it happens - he *forgot* his parachute during one of the myriad jumps during the day. His last. The video supposedly shows the normal routine as he exits the plane, then frantic movements as he reaches in vain for his rip-cord. I did search the 'net once for corroboration and came up with a local news release iirc.
To: calljack
Flight attendent,late 70's airplane exploded at 30,000 ft strapped in a chair landed on a steep snow covered hill. Slid 2 1/2 miles into the valley. I've heard of this, too. If I saw it in a James Bond movie, I'd be saying, "Get the hell out of here, they've gone too far this time!"
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