[rabenson]

At 2,500 feet, my jump partner flairs his canopy causing it slow down rapidly. I entangle with it and he cuts away. Unable to fly a ball of nylon effectively, I impact a cornfield breaking my pelvis, back and neck causing instant paralysis. As I lay waiting for help, spinal shock begins to set in paralyzing my diaphragm and breathing on my own becomes impossible. Rescue breathing is performed as I lose consciousness. Paramedics arrive and I'm med-flighted to UW Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin where I awake days later after surgery and begin life as a quadriplegic. It's taken me four and a half years to be able to watch this video.
Stupid hurts.

[kellyhound]

[MeMyselfandI]

shiiiiittttt

[Faline]

That would be totally scary, lucky to survive

[Faline]

A 34-year-oldskydiver fell more than 2,500 feet after his parachute got tangled with another jumper’s, and lived to tell the tale.
The skydiver, identified as Tim, jumped out of a plane in Wisconsin with two of his friends at about 11,000 feet. After colliding with his friend Razz, Tim's parachute was ensnared in the ropes and was doing little to slow his fall.
Tim recorded the entire jump – including the impact with his jump partner. He wrote on his YouTube page: ‘It’s taken me four and a half years to be able to watch this video.’



All of the skydivers , he said, were highly experienced, and had each landed between 150 and a thousand jumps.
His friend Razz had brought a biplane kite and wanted to tow it behind him.
Tim’s jump partner Razz flared his canopy at around 2,500 feet, ensnaring Tim and his own parachute. His partner then cut away and used an emergency chute to land.

Tim was left with a balled-up parachute that barely slowed him down.
He focused the camera both at the parachute, and at the fast-approaching ground below.

He impacted in a nearby cornfield south of Columbus, Wisconsin, breaking his pelvis, back, and neck. He was instantly paralysed.
Razz had landed in a nearby reserve after cutting away from Tim, and rushed to his side. ‘Can you feel your feet?’ he asked as Tim lay gasping and sputtering in pain.
‘No,’ Tim answered. But he said his hands felt tingly.
‘That’s just the shock,’ a friend told him. Razz called an ambulance and kept telling Tim to remain calm and breath.

At one point, Tim sputtered: ‘I’m having trouble breathing, ya’al.’
A friend performed rescue breathing on him as his diaphragm stopped working. He was flown to University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison for emergency surgery.
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[D0pestgh0st]

lucky guy

[Zahir82]

Sucks big time!!

[Shawna]

Damn

[Desensitisation]

The first thing that goes through my mind: Why the **** didn't he cut free his *own* buggered 'chute, and deploy he reserve? Idiot.

[Cumulonimbus]

That was insane.