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#141
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12-24-2010, 07:13 AM
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Re: Man Jumps to His Death
I think the guy knew that the fire brigade was there and simply hoped that they had something for him to land on, as he couldn,t see, he may have just assumed it was there. This may have an attempt to live rather than an attempt to die. (As the fire was from his window, it may be the latter)
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#142
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12-26-2010, 04:10 PM
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Re: Man Jumps to His Death
You are correct...I just watched a short documentary on it, and found out something that is really messed up. There were 40 people who jumped to their death. None of the jumpers lived. But, the screwed up part is that 30 of those jumped AFTER the fire was out.  (10:38 if you want to skip to the point, where they begin talking about the jumpers). [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6oC_QX3-G4"]YouTube - Incendio - 1974 (complete)[/nomedia] |
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#143
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12-29-2010, 04:39 PM
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Re: Man Jumps to His Death
Saw a guy once jump out of a perfectly good airplane. 19 years old, he was; impressin' his girl on the ground who was afraid to take parachute lessons with him. Didn't pull the ripcord ("brain freeze"). I was on the ground with his friends and family. Yes, they bounce -- physics proven yet again.
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