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1200m fall, survived!!!

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french_fry
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I can't believe this, some guy in NEw Zealand got his parachute tangled up while he was still 1200m in the air, and survived the fall with just a broken leg. Talk about a freakin miracle.
For some copyright reason a lot of the footage has been removed from youtube

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ng2mJ-escMg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=blwMZbh90lk
Feb 13 2007 7:09PM
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andrewg
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amazing
Feb 13 2007 7:10PM
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Sholte
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oh wow, that would hurt.
Feb 13 2007 7:12PM
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garrett.
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holy shit, when i openend this thread i thought it meant some guy fell and his parachute didnt open at all
Feb 13 2007 7:15PM
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akerbacker
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ohhh shit son, that was insane
Feb 13 2007 7:16PM
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andrewg
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yeah it might tickle a little
Feb 13 2007 7:18PM
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FUUUCK
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people have survived jumping out of planes without parachutes opening.

one guy got really luck and got caught in a huge updraft, then fell through a tree and landed in a bog.
Feb 13 2007 7:24PM
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eheath
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Holy shit, thank god for those bushes and shit?
Feb 13 2007 7:25PM
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Pman13a
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if you spread out really wide you dont reach the maximum speed and if you are really really lucky you will land on somthing and not die
Feb 13 2007 7:27PM
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marsland
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im not watching it, cause i got really dizzy when they played it on the news. crazy stuff though
Feb 13 2007 7:34PM
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Dilla
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holy shit.
imagine what he was thinking.
what a miracle.
Feb 13 2007 7:35PM
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9o2mdkNamzz1_1
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Thats insane.
Feb 13 2007 7:36PM
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twix_182
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haha why was he looking at the time?
Feb 13 2007 7:37PM
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Black-Bandanna
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Amazing. Now that's one lucky bastard.
Feb 13 2007 7:39PM
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STAUSS
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holy fuck. thats some intesne shit.
Feb 13 2007 7:56PM
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49566738265
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that is so lucky, and i guess unlucky in the first place though
Feb 13 2007 8:00PM
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sampsihoyos
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reminds me of nightmare i have where i fall from high places and see the ground get closer and closer then its right below you
Feb 13 2007 8:00PM
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quixotic
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Thats the thing that measures how high you are....
Feb 13 2007 8:13PM
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SpankyAnalWhore
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oh man, that was terrible. I wish him a quick recovery.
Feb 13 2007 8:15PM
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*Fujative*
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how did that happen?! how did he live?!?
Feb 13 2007 8:33PM
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snowXrider540
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whats 1200m in like yards or feet about?
Feb 13 2007 8:34PM
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Rajna
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im gonna guess over 3500ft? no idea though
Feb 13 2007 8:43PM
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~*LoLa*~
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ooh snap..i wonder what was goin threw his mind when he was just fallling and fallling...waiting to hitt the ground
Feb 13 2007 8:58PM
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sowstochd
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thats amazing...hey dude that was in turkish! and ik tht tv station cuz i speak turkish cool
Feb 13 2007 9:00PM
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CJHski
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wow
Feb 13 2007 9:08PM
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Crossfade
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"talk to me buddy, you ok?" lmao
Feb 13 2007 9:10PM
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mothaeast
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Yeah kiwis are crazy.

In Ripley's Believe It Or Not(!) some guy fell 30,000 feet and only got a broken nose
Feb 13 2007 10:26PM
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Steezysmurf
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HAHAHAHAHA, 'are you OK?'... 'no', that was a surprise answer!
Feb 13 2007 10:41PM
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T.Spliff
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dumonts overshoot was soooo much worse than that, no parachute and ice hard landing
Feb 13 2007 10:48PM
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theoz
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If I was him Id go buy a lotto Ticket or 3.
Feb 13 2007 10:51PM
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bp.lando
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dudes got god on his hands
Feb 13 2007 10:55PM
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french_fry
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closer to 4000 feet.
Feb 13 2007 10:57PM
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nitsua
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holy shit how the fuck do you live after falling that far
Feb 13 2007 11:05PM
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RudyGarmisch
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There was a explosion on a DC-10 in the 60's that ripped the plane apart in midflight above Czechoslovakia. All of the crew and passengers died, save one lucky stewardess. She fell 30,000 feet without a parachute, still strapped into her seat at the back of the DC-10's tail section. She somehow survived the impact, should have killed her. I believe she still holds the record for longest free fall without a parachute.
Feb 13 2007 11:54PM
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Literature
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That blows Jamie Pierre out of the water. ( and into the bushes)
Feb 14 2007 12:06AM
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Stan_Darsh
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that shit is crazy
Feb 14 2007 12:09AM
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Holte
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this seems to happen every few years. but it's one of those things that's intense to even hear about every time.
Feb 14 2007 12:42AM
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Mat.
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whaaaaaat the fuuuuuuuckkk... that must have been the most death defying scary ass cracka shit ever! I woulda fucking soiled myself.
Feb 14 2007 1:14AM
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Drewykins
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i saw this thing on tv about these crazy ass norwegian cliff jumpers. one had a head cam on. they all jumped off. 600 ft, 300 ft... at 100 feet the head cam guy finally pulls his parachute. it never comes out full in time and he hits a grassy patch surrounded by JAGGED FUCKING ROCKS at about 40 mph. then hes like; "that was KILLER" the end.
Feb 14 2007 1:57AM
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eheath
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I'm pretty sure Dumont didn't hit terminal velocity.
Feb 14 2007 2:11AM
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Mattman
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YEa, seen it!
Feb 14 2007 2:25AM
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Thomson.
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Watch out Jamie Pierre...
Feb 14 2007 9:29AM
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