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This happened to a friend of mine about 25 years ago; parachute didn't open and neither did the reserve. He landed in a tree. Had some broken ribs and collapsed
by arp242 2y ago
This happened to a friend of mine about 25 years ago; parachute didn't open and neither did the reserve. He landed in a tree. Had some broken ribs and collapsed lung, but was basically fine. From what I recall he didn't spend any time on the ICU. I saw him one or two weeks after the accident, and he wasn't doing gymnastics or anything, but was just walking around (with a bit of a limp).
His brother was supposed to jump next, and his parents were in the plane to watch. First thing he did was get up and wave to show he's okay.
Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing, right?
Reading the recovery process from this woman, he was massively lucky not just to have survived, but also to have survived relatively unscathed.