06-08-2008, 06:27
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Man jumps with no parachute
Man jumps with no parachute and dies.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080607/...kydiving_death
Wonder what he was thinking when he reached for his rip cord or deployment chute? Something like "Boy, was that ever stupid!"
He was not the first and will not be the last.
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06-08-2008, 06:45
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Perhaps his motto was: Live fast, die young, and leave a messy corpse?
If I'm not mistaken, his descent would have taken a little more than 30 seconds. I suspect those were a very long 30 seconds.
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06-08-2008, 13:19
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06-08-2008, 15:35
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...or caught up in the moment. Would not be the first time. Not a very good day for anyone I would suspect.
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06-08-2008, 18:27
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While customers seeking to jump are required to fill out paperwork and show identification, Carafello was not asked for his ID.
"Why would I ask for his ID?" asked Rawlins. "He wasn't sky diving. I'm not sure he put his real name on the paperwork when he signed in."
Rawlins noted the man listed "General Schwarzenegger" as his emergency contact.
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First off, I cannot see how they allow anyone on any kind of plane today without a positive ID. That in itself is NUTS and irresponsible.
Second, the guy lisetd Gen. Schwarzenneger as an emergency contact. No one thinks this is odd??? Holy crap!! 
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06-09-2008, 05:06
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Originally Posted by Pete
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It wasn't the jump; it was that abrupt stop at the end that got him. 
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06-09-2008, 09:53
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The guy knew he was going to die. Whether he thought dying that way would look cool on film, who knows? My sympathies are with the pilot and others he deceived into helping him do it.
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06-09-2008, 10:48
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Originally Posted by 3SoldierDad
It wasn't the jump; it was that abrupt stop at the end that got him.
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We refer to that as "Impact poisoning" 
Life is tough but its tougher when you're stupid.
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06-09-2008, 11:01
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I guess if I were looking to kill myself I might as well get the best thrill ride of my life on the way out the door. I wonder if he had second thoughts on the way down.
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06-09-2008, 11:12
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I bet he did
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Originally Posted by rubberneck
I guess if I were looking to kill myself I might as well get the best thrill ride of my life on the way out the door. I wonder if he had second thoughts on the way down.
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I read an article about the Golden Gate Bridge as a suicide magnet. IIRC, in interviews with the few who survived, they ALL had a change of heart between launching and landing.
Last edited by Remington Raidr; 06-09-2008 at 11:13.
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06-09-2008, 21:16
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On a personal note, I hate pain, I would rather go to sleep and never wake up, so I am fighting death all the way to the end. Last thing I would do was watch my death rushing up at me.
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We must always fear the wicked. But there is another kind of evil that we must fear the most, and that is the indifference of good men - Boondock Saints
Iraq was never lost and Afghanistan was never quite the easy good war. Those in the media too often pile on and follow the polls rather than offer independent analysis. Campaign rhetoric and politics are one thing - the responsibility of governance is quite another.
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06-12-2008, 12:46
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Originally Posted by AngelsSix
On a personal note, I hate pain, I would rather go to sleep and never wake up, so I am fighting death all the way to the end. Last thing I would do was watch my death rushing up at me.
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I think about that when I see the photos and video clips of all those poor souls who chose to leap to their deaths from the top floors of the WTC towers. When faced with certain death, either by burning or by high-speed concrete, I'm not sure I wouldn't have done the same thing. Hopefully I'll never have to make that decision.
Back in the '86 or '87 timeframe a video photog leaped from a Twin Beech at Louisburg, just northeast of Raleigh; he was filming a tandem jump. He too, made the jump sans gear. I remember the local news showing the footage recovered from his camera, until just prior to treetop level, where they cut it.
It's hard to imagine what goes thru a man's mind when that happens.. (I know, I know.. you don't have to say it...).
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06-12-2008, 14:06
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Red Flag 1
...or caught up in the moment. Would not be the first time. Not a very good day for anyone I would suspect.
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yep, caught up in the moment becoming the worst moment of your soon-to-be-over corporeal life.
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