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‘I’m Dead! Bye!’ Skydiver Films His Own 15,000 Ft. Free Fall

Five years ago, New Zealand skydiver Michael Holmes jumped out of an airplane with a parachute attached to his back. The air whipped over his body as gravity pulled him to the ground in an exhilarating, controlled fall. At 15,000 ft. above ground, he pulled his parachute. And that’s when an awesome jump turned to awful.

At that moment, Holmes’s parachute malfunctioned. He started an incredible free fall traveling at an extreme rate of speed and headed for some vegetation. Eventually, he crashed. And survived.

The entire incident was caught on a helmet camera, where Holmes can be heard declaring “I’m dead!“ and ”Bye!”:

Incredibly, Holmes suffered nothing more than a couple broken bones. Consequently, his story was featured on the National Geographic show “The Indestructibles” on Sunday. The show looks at miraculous survival stories, and examined how it was possible for Holmes to survive.

In an Q&A with National Geographic, Holmes said a design flaw in the parachute caused it to malfunction. He also said he never considered not skydiving again.

“It’s my life, it’s what I love, and I can’t imagine not doing it,” he explained. “If you have a car crash, most people will still drive again. Skydiving again to me is no different from driving again”

The show will air again on July 21 on the NatGeo channel at 10 pm ET.

(H/T: Grind TV)

Comments (141)

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  • Your Name Here
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:30pm

    As a skydiver I would like to ask about the sentence in the article “Holmes said a design flaw in the parachute caused it to malfunction.”
    A design flaw? That’s a comment someone would make to cover up their own screw up.
    How many jumps did this person have? I’d bet he was recently off of student status.
    If there was any ‘flaw’ it would have been his packing job or something similar.
    This whole episode looks like he panicked and didn’t cut away. He rode a ‘snivel’ to the ground.
    “If at first you don’t succede then skydiving is not for you.” This person should take up bowling and quit giving skydiving a bad name.

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    • 101
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 1:11pm

      @ Your Name Here

      He was doing the video on the tandem skydive, so I would say he’s very experienced. He definitely did not panic and it was a malfunctioning main “not a snivel” he had the cutaway handle in his hand (yellow wires). There‘re a lot of work jumps that people don’t have time to pack their own chute between loads. When you don’t pack yourself you sometimes get surprised!

      You lack the knowledge to criticize this jumper!

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    • Gutterboy
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 1:15pm

      The amazing part is that he: At 15,000 ft. above ground, he pulled his parachute. He must be the only skydiver ever to have jumped out of an airplane and GAINED ALTITUDE before he pulled! He obviously did not know how to handle a simple malfunction.

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    • Girard1974
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 1:20pm

      It seems to me Your Name Here (aka You Can’t Fix Stupid), that you‘re speaking from experience regarding the cover up of one’s own “screw up.” Since the answer to your question isn’t provided, I think it prudent to just use a little common sense here before accusing the survivor of such a miracle that it was he who caused the mishap to occur in the first place.

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    • Evo-No-Revo
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 1:49pm

      Your Name Here: Really, that’s your comment…

      Is it that sad and lonely in there??

      What an amazing story no matter where the fault may lie.

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    • SLOWBIDEN
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:45pm

      I saw the show and he was an expert skydiver. They said that the lines were tangled in the parachute before he deployed it. They didn’t say wether or not he packed his own chute.

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    • R4M0N
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:50pm

      Geez, “YOUR NAME HERE”… When I see posts like yours, my first reaction is “here is a guy who has probably no idea wha he is talking about. Gladly, I was right again… Let‘s take a look Michael Holmes ’credentials at the time of the accident:

      1. Over 7000 jumps
      2. AFF instructor, Coach, Tandem instructor
      3. Member of the British Skydiving team
      4. Reigning New Zealand Skydiving Swoop Champion
      5. Spanish Nationals 4-way Gold
      6. Spanish Nationals 8-way Bronze

      Yeah, he definitely had no idea what he was doing, he was just off his student status and he also definitely has his share of giving skydiving a bad name, huh?

      Here is an article from 2007 where he describes the design flaw and the sequence of events:
      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-435377/The-man-fell-12-000-ft—survived.html

      And here is his website, easily found from a simple google search of this name:
      http://www.mikeyholmes.com/

      Good luck next time when you try to look knowledgeable at someone else’s expense. Good luck skydiving and hopefully you will get to your 1000th jump so you can maybe be 1/7 of what that guy is.

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    • jcannon98188
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:14pm

      This is amazing that he survived.

      My grandfather was special forces, airborne, during Vietnam and earlier conflicts. A few days before deploying he was asked to train a group of 82nd on how to make a jump. During this explanation, his chute failed and he crashed to the ground, breaking almost every bone in his body. He spent the next few years in a military hospital recovering from that. This man is incredibly lucky that he got off so easily.

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:50pm

      Yeah, maybe he survived, but that’s gonna leave a mark.

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    • Jediusetheforce
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:11pm

      Gross…at the end…he farted!!!

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    • Jacque
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:38pm

      My father was in the 101st and 82nd. I saw 100′s of jumps. Anything can go wrong. So let’s give this brave man a thumbs up for being so well trained to keep his cool when he thought he was about to die. Few of us can say that. I hope he is a conservative :)

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    • kraphtsman
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:22pm

      This is an amazing story of luck. I know first hand what it’s like to have a major skydiving malfunction and survive. It happened to me on my FIRST static-line jump back in college, and I can attribute it to a poorly packed chute (an old Army T-10 “cheapo”, which was substituted at the last minute for a PC sport chute my jumpmaster and I’d packed earlier), and MY poor form when I exited the aircraft. In a nutshell, I ended up falling head-first from 5,000 ft (with my legs spread wide and my arms pulled in close to my body) and a “streamer” (what happens when the pilot chute snags the bungees on the main chute backpack… creating what’s called a “horseshoe”). I remember waiting for the main chute to open, then noticed our airplane circling me in a spiral, but it was UPSIDE DOWN…… only after I looked over my shoulder to view my chute did I realize it was snagged on the backpack and streaming, then I looked “up” and saw the earth rapidly approaching ZOOM-LENS fashion ! My altimeter showed 2,000 feet, and I decided (correctly) NOT to pull my reserve…if I had, it surely would’ve become entangled with my main… so I reached back and grabbed the risers on the pilot chute and PULLED LIKE HELL with ALL MY MIGHT (praying LIKE HELL !). I remember my altimeter showed 900 feet, just before I literally ripped the bungee from the pack, then “POW!!, my main opened (blowing two panels). I’d ruptured an intestine, but lived. I was 17, and later made ONE MORE jum

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    • MastrSSG
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 7:18pm

      @101

      Well done! Your post made me laugh thank you!

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    • IndianaJan
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:03am

      This is a PERFECT reply to the story, Your Name! I am still giggling.

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    • Vairstang
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 4:26pm

      ur an idiot…. Even the US Army has suspended the use of the T-11 parachute after a Ft.Bragg 82nd Airborne soldier plummeted to his death…. and THEY KNOW how to pack chutes…

      So it CAN happen. Shaaaaddddup.

      Carry on.

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    • 4blackhorses
      Posted on July 20, 2011 at 5:53pm

      @ ATYOURNAMEHERE,

      I’ve never skydived, don‘t know all the in’s and out’s but have seen enough on TV that made me think the same thoughts you brought up.

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  • No Name Yet
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:30pm

    Wow! I’m glad he made it!

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    • OhSuzieQ
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:08pm

      GOD was with him!!

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 9:36pm

      I think I would glue Bible’s around my whole entire house after that ordeal and then renovate an orphanage for free!!! Someone above said,” It’s not your time”!

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  • Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:04pm

    At least he came off better than the iPhone 4 that supposedly “survived” a 15,000 foot plunge after falling out of his skydiving owner’s pocket.

    http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/07/18/iphone.skydive/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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  • ksagpilot
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:56am

    When I was in the Navy a friend of mine was a Parachute Rigger, they could come in at any time, pick a chute from the shelf and he had to go out and jump with it. That sure makes you do your job right every time.

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    • robert
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:26pm

      I was Army Airborne with 21 jumps to my credit, but I have absolutely no desire to sky dive.

      If this guy‘s chute hadn’t partially opened and he hadn’t landed in the vegetation, he would have been dead.

      On one jump I had what is called a “blown panel,” along with twisted risers which forced my head downward against my chest so I couldn’t check my canopy, but I heard everyone above me screaming, “Pull your reserve! Pull your reserve!” They went out the door before me, but were above me yelling frantically.

      When I spun free enough to raise my head I saw part of my chute in shreds. I pulled my reserve and frantically shook it out. I felt a pull on my back slowing me down about two seconds before I hit the ground.

      The medic saw the whole affair and was over at my landing spot with his ambulance before I landed. “He said, “I didn’t think you were going to pull it in time.” My throat was almost too dry to respond with, “Yeah, me too.”

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    • cemerius
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 1:34pm

      Although I would be hard pressed to say I was on any “perfectly good” military aircraft…I would still rather NOT jump out of one…..I suppose I will be a proud “legger” my life…well “sea legs” count :) Semper Fi my fellow Shell backs:)

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    • kraphtsman
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:54pm

      My dad drove jets for a living in the AF…. he couldn’t believe any son of his would be stupid enough to jump out of a perfectly good aircraft. But I was, and I actually DID hurt myself skydiving. Later, when I became an Army helicopter driver stationed at Ft. Bragg, I had friends in the Airborne who also flew but chose to remain on jump status…. and I remember telling them they had to be NUTS betting their $400/month flight pay against their $125/month jump pay.

      Bottom line, regardless of whether or not you get paid to jump out of airplanes, those who do are ALL a little bit crazy. But unless you’ve done it, you’ll never know for sure !

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  • Gypsy123
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:46am

    Not me baby when God gives me some wings of my own I will jump

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  • heavyduty
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:41am

    I know that he is never going to be able to wash the stains out of his drawers on that one.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:38am

    Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane?

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    • The Rewd
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:43am

      It gets chicks.

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    • LOVEFREEDOM47
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:48am

      You’d just need to jump to understand.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:51am

      you ever wanted to fly? well some people do…

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    • ollie42
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:28pm

      When you’re 20, married and broke in the army it was an extra $55 a month. Lots of money in 1961.

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    • txwheels
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:34pm

      It‘s the greatest ’rush’ in the world!

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    • ObserverMI
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:58pm

      It’s already been said but yea…. it’s indescribable fully. The rush of the wind, the view, the sensations of sight, sound, feel, mental, emotional…. It’s a wonderful experience. Exhilarating.

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    • cemerius
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 1:35pm

      I would rather watch the in-flight movie :)

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:46pm

      I had a friend who used to skydive and he said he quit because it never stopped being terrifying. There are two things I probably won’t ever do: skydiving and scuba diving. I like being on the ground and breathing properly.

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    • 1proudAmerican
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:28pm

      I’ll never forget the feeling when that airplane door opened and out I went. I will definitely jump again.

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    • dukestreet
      Posted on July 21, 2011 at 1:30am

      My sister got her husband to bid on skydiving lesson at a charity auction. Everyone was telling him what a brave man he was until he had to admit it was for his wife not himself.

      She took the lessons and did the dive and is happy she did but,she says once was enough for her.

      that guys experience showed he was totally aware and stayed amazingly calm even when he was sure it was the end for him. The fact that he go out bye at the end amazes me. I’d probably be speechless!

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  • glennrocks
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:33am

    “Socialism is a philosophy of failure,

    the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy,

    its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery..”

    – Winston Churchill

    Pass it on.

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    • Vixvenom
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:51pm

      I knew there was a reason I liked that guy. He understood socialism, and abhorred it.

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 1:41pm

      Nanny state socialist/capitalist hybrid is coming to the USA. it’s the only way for an advanced civilized society to function equitably and practicaly for a nation of 350million people.One day your descendents will embrace it and rabid right wing hypercaapitalism [pull yourself up by your bootstraps like the pioneers did and the nasty puritans did] will be on the dust heap of history.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 1:54pm

      Thank you Rose-Ellen…..I can always count on you & your inane comments for a good laugh.

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    • cemerius
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:32pm

      Although England is now a socialist state…..

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    • SLOWBIDEN
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:49pm

      This has absolutely nothing to do with thed story…..ur an idiot

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    • lemmings4obama
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 4:29pm

      @Rose-Ellen “nasty puritans”, hahahahahahaha I know you weren’t trying to be funny, but just the sound of those two words together make me laugh out loud. Them puritans, they so nasty! hahahahahahah

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    • tcseacliff
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:55pm

      DONE ! great post, and so true!!

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  • llotus
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:31am

    Would this be covered under obama care? Very lucky guy. Someone was watching out for him thats for sure. Lotus.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:52am

      all extreme sports will be banned under obama care, trust me, i’ll lobby for that one… i’m not paying for idiots.

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    • NRAmedic23
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:18pm

      So jumping out of planes makes us idiots? As a paramedic I have had dozens of bodies because they decided to drive fast, take chances. I have yet to have a skydiving fatality. Guess you’ll lobby against cars too! Moron!

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    • 1proudAmerican
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 3:34pm

      @JB.KIBS
      More people die in car accidents than from skydiving. Do you want to ban driving, too? You sound like a “There aught to be a law against it” type person. Stay out of our lives – we have a right to jump if we want to.

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  • Islesfordian
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:26am

    He wasn’t in fact freefalling. His shute deployed but in a malfunctioned state. His descent WAS slowed.

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    • schillinfl
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:07pm

      I was thinking the same thing. His decent was slowed for sure.

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  • TheDebtWeAllPay
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:22am

    why are they showing this must be a slow day in the news room

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:18am

    .
    Falling don’t hurt, it’s that sudden stop!…………

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    • BuzzardSays
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 5:25pm

      Especially if that Fleur De Lis is between your bung-hole and ground.

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  • awall1231
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:15am

    skydiving must be outlawed immediately. how many more innocent people must die before the liberals in congress decide to do something about deadly sport?

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    • StormWaltz
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:21am

      Our thoughts and prayers go out to the innocent shrubbery and other foliage whose lives were cut short by this reckless incident. We should declare “Skydiver Free” zones so this tragedy does not have to happen again!

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    • NJTMATO
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:36am

      Hahahahaha!!! PERFECT

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    • Your Name Here
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:09pm

      You are a typical knee jerk dumb a$$.
      Skydiving is very safe for anyone with any brains.
      You are so stupid YOU should be outlawed immediately.

      Yes, I do know what I am talking about. I have a USPA ‘C’ license and have quite a few skydives in my log book.
      I have never had an accident or a major malfunction.

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    • Rogue
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:29pm

      Silly, we can’t outlaw this activity…… but we can ban parachutes. That is what actually kills people. Parachutes took 53 lives last year alone. Besides, you can never tell if a parachute is going to end up in the wrong hands, so it’s best not to have them available to anyone.

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    • Vixvenom
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:57pm

      Well….maybe we can let you have them, but not the really fun ones…just your basic, keep you from dying kind. And you can only have them if you are a collector or use them for sport, not just fun. And for goodness sake, don’t bring them to a national park, or a big city….you don’t need them there, the gubment will catch you if you fall….

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    • cemerius
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 1:31pm

      Did he pay his carbon credits for all the fuel he wasted on a failed parachute jump? oops I mean a malfunctioned attempt?

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    • 101
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 1:33pm

      @Rogue
      All chutes and containers have serial numbers, if you take your rig in for a reserve repack (required every 180 days) most all riggers will run the numbers thru the data base. Every repack is logged and signed by a licensed rigger!

      The USPA has 34,000 members. It estimates that about 350,000 people complete more than 3 million jumps in a typical year.
      The big question is always, “How dangerous is skydiving?” Each year, about 30 people die in parachuting accidents in the United States, or roughly one person per 100,000 jumps. Look at the US Skydiving Incident Reports to get an idea of the types of problems that lead to fatalities. If you make one jump in a year, your chance of dying is 1 in 100,000.

      [Research how many die in automobiles per 100,000 it will scare you]

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    • Progessives=Fail
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:15pm

      @Your Name Here,

      He was obviously being sarcastic.

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    • NRAmedic23
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:21pm

      In 15 years as a paramedic, I have responded to more deaths by automobile than by skydiving, knife fighting, shootings, and bull fighting combined. I guess you want the auto banned too (except the Prius I have no doubt)! Moron!

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    • SLOWBIDEN
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:52pm

      if someone takes the risk to die while parachuting than thats there right. Cars kill ore people than parachutes but I bet you hop in your prius every day and drive….do u che bag

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    • tcseacliff
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 6:00pm

      Hey a*hole! Obama just pushed the entire country out of the plane. your’re right this should be banned , but the libs doing it?? yeah right!

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    • squeaker
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 8:00pm

      101 – thanks for posting the stats.

      Oh, and of the average 30 fatalities, only a small percentage of them are total malfunctions. Often, sadly most of the fatalities are from someone doing something that they knew better than to do.

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  • EJ1979
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:09am

    Wow, definitely not his time to go, crazy!

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:51am

      o man.. that video is nuts… wow… i hope he has a full recovery, what a story to tell…

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  • NJTMATO
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:05am

    Read the Survivor’s Club…excellent book filled with stories of people who survived harrowing experiences and shouldn’t have. Also quite informative on “how” to survive and your own personal survival skills style. It was a good read, interesting, informative and entertaining. The website is good too!

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  • TRILO
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:05am

    Went skydiving once and it was a blast. As with anything one does that is dangerous risk is involved. I remember signing the release form and I think I had to initial at least 20 paragraphs that included the words… you could die. Several people in my group backed out. Can’t imagine being in his shoes on that day. His survival was a miracle.

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  • mendolover
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:04am

    Like they say, when your number‘s up it’s up. Or not. Congratulations Michael!

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  • Eric_The_Red_State
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:01am

    Casey Anthony –

    …. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . … . . .. . .. …….. Im‘ just sayin’

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  • Brizz
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:46am

    Miraculous!

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    • d3jsw21
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:51am

      He ain’t gonna jump no more!
      The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild,
      The medics jumped and screamed with glee, rolled up their sleeves and smiled,
      For it had been a week or more since last a ‘chute had failed,
      And he ain’t gonna jump no more.
      Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
      Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
      Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,

      He ain’t gonna jump no more!
      He hit the ground, the sound was “Splat!,”
      his blood went spurting high, His comrades then were heard to say: “A hell of a way to die!”
      He lay there rolling round in the welter of his gore,
      And he ain’t gonna jump no more.
      Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
      Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
      Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,
      He ain’t gonna jump no more!

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    • warrior21
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:12pm

      Can remember singing that and “Beautiful Streamer” in jump school.

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:18pm

      Blood upon the risers. Who jumps out of a perfectly good airplane?

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  • mossbrain
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:42am

    At about half way down I think I see a poo come out of his pant leg.

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    • BeerSnob
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:46am

      I just spit Scotch all over my screen! :)

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    • Dan
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:55am

      @Beersnob, You’re drinking scotch at 10:46 in the morning?

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    • BeerSnob
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:58pm

      I live in Michigan for crying out loud…. wouldn’t you?

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    • BeerSnob
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 1:59pm

      @Dan…. That wasn’t really a question, it was a statemenent, wasn’t it? Why are you judging me? ;)

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  • MidWestMom
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:39am

    Aren’t you supposed to have a back-up chute? Glad he’s ok.

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    • CatB
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:46am

      The main didn‘t work properly and the reserve wouldn’t deploy either …. didn’t watch the video did you ?

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:54am

      I think he said his back-up malfunctioned also. This guy is very blessed and has a second chance at life.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:02am

      Indeed he is very blessed; as I am not a skydiver or even remotly familiar with the gear they use, what could cause BOTH the main and backup (or is that the emergency) chute from working as they both failed here for him?

      Any input from anyone familiar with this would be appreciated.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:04am

      No as a matter of fact I didn’t. Not because I didn’t want to or care to take the time – my high speed internet connection isn’t working today & I had to switch to dial-up. You may not realize that videos take forever to load & play on a dial-up connection.

      As the article didn’t mention a back-up chute, I asked a polite question.

      Rude & condescending aren’t you?

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    • CatB
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:33am

      Wow … just wow .. just for asking if you watched or NOT .. .bad day I guess.

      ” Rude & condescending aren’t you?”

      I think your reply more aptly relates to that last remark.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:58pm

      Now, girls. Am I going to have to send you some literature from the Aunt Bea’s Charm School?

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:58pm

      “The main didn‘t work properly and the reserve wouldn’t deploy either …. didn’t watch the video did you ?”

      No, you weren’t “just asking”. Your remark was purposefully derisive.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:38am

    This does show that miracles continue on in the world; imagine the drop knowing there is nothing you can do other than saying goodbye and what you expect will be the final prayers before the ground and you have a final meeting?

    Incredible indeed.

    Good luck and God blessings in the future.

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    • tersky
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 2:09pm

      I think that miraculous survivals are not too terribly uncommon in skydiving. I don’t recall the details ’cause I was a kid when it happened, but my cousin survived completely unharmed when his chute failed to open. He landed in what my dad (an active duty USN fighter and test pilot at the time, and experienced jumper) reckons had to be the only old-fashioned haystack in the entire state of Michigan. Cousin Don was not religious at the time, but has been a devout Christian ever since.

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  • On The Bayou
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:38am

    It`s never a good idea to jump from a plane. If we were to fly we would have wings. How many times have we seen these people fall to the ground. And the rest of the jumpers continue to jump. Who cares if they fall to their death?

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    • CatB
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:48am

      My dad was a private pilot and friends with jumpers at the airport .. they tried to get him to do it … and he told them in no uncertain terms “ he was not jumping out of a perfectly good aircraft” .. now this was a man who had raced cars, motorcycles and gone white water rafting well into his 70′s … but not jumping out of GOOD AIRCRAFT!

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    • loriann12
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:59am

      I’m never going to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, or go in a boat made to sink and come back up (submarine). I toured a sub when I was active duty and the racks (beds) look like one could barely get in it. They’re stacked 4 high and they “hot rack” it, assigning 5 men to 4 racks.

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    • RebelSon
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:12pm

      Damn right, and if we were meant to drive we’d have wheels! Right? Hmmm…

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  • mutslie
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:36am

    Do ya get ya money back if the chute does’nt open ?

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    • llotus
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:28am

      Mutslie……yes, the next of kin does. It takes a brave or insane person to jump from a plane with a man made security device between them and the gound. They probably sell them life insurance too. Just kiddin. Lotus.

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    • heavyduty
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 11:39am

      No but you can get another parachute to try again with. Only two things fall out of the sky, that’s birdcrap and fools.

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on July 19, 2011 at 10:35am

    This guy should advise our economy how to survive the obamafreefall it is in….

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