Nothing anywhere close to event horizon can "slowly spiral in". There are no stable orbits within 1.5x the diameter of the event horizon. To get anywhere clos

Nothing anywhere close to event horizon can "slowly spiral in". There are no stable orbits within 1.5x the diameter of the event horizon. To get anywhere close without falling in would require a very powerful rocket, one that could accelerate to near light speed just to stay there. Now if you are falling in your hand never disappears, it's just that your body would accelerate into the black hole a little faster than your hand is accelerating because you are pulling back on your hand. But your hand never could have a negative velocity (moving away from the blackhole) no matter what you do.