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Not to diminish anything about the story, but he had a pilot chute and a tangled main chute while falling, lowering terminal velocity and allowing him to land f
by cat_plus_plus 4y ago
Not to diminish anything about the story, but he had a pilot chute and a tangled main chute while falling, lowering terminal velocity and allowing him to land feet first. The rest is up to luck, like landing in turbulent water with lowered surface tension. To be fair, there are several stories of survival even without anything to slow the fall out there.