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09-19-11, 09:57 PM #1
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Skydiver commits suicide by shedding his parachute in midair
More here: Police: Upstate NY skydiver, 60, left note, then shed chute in midair to commit suicide - The Washington PostPolice say a veteran skydiver left a suicide note before intentionally shedding his parachute in midair and falling to his death in a New York farm field.
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09-19-11, 10:49 PM #2
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Suicide by Drop.
SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM-Ex-Sheriff Martin Howe to Will Kane in "High Noon"
"It's a great life. You risk your skin catching killers and the juries turn them loose so they can come back and shoot at you again. If your honest , your poor your whole life. And , In the end , you wind up dying all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothing. For a tin star."
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09-19-11, 11:06 PM #3
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The fall probably wasn't all that bad but that sudden stop was a b%$*.
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09-19-11, 11:08 PM #4
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If the guy suffered from depression, then it's tragic. If he was otherwise mentally competent to make the decision to end his life, then more power to him. Regardless, at least he did it outside so there's minimum clean up.
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09-19-11, 11:08 PM #5
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I hope he remembered to do a proper PLF (Parachute Landing Fall).
Originally Posted by Cidp24
SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM-Ex-Sheriff Martin Howe to Will Kane in "High Noon"
"It's a great life. You risk your skin catching killers and the juries turn them loose so they can come back and shoot at you again. If your honest , your poor your whole life. And , In the end , you wind up dying all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothing. For a tin star."
Far from being a handicap to command, compassion is the measure of it. For unless one values the lives of his soldiers and is tormented by their ordeals , he is unfit to command.
-General Omar Bradley, United States Army
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09-20-11, 03:49 AM #6
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I knew someone that did this. About 1989 this guy was intentionally packing his gear to malfunction, like he was rehearsing. I watched a couple of his "attempts" and thought someone of his experience level should not have these equipment issues. (I also thought it was odd he had a round reserve.) About one week later we got news he bounced at another dz.
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09-20-11, 08:43 AM #7
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I think it was more Parachute Landing FAIL Originally Posted by Captain America
I hope he remembered to do a proper PLF (Parachute Landing Fall).
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09-20-11, 10:34 AM #8
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We need waiting peroids for parachutes. It's for the children!!!
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09-20-11, 10:41 AM #9
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He didn't fail to land. Originally Posted by A3148
SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM-Ex-Sheriff Martin Howe to Will Kane in "High Noon"
"It's a great life. You risk your skin catching killers and the juries turn them loose so they can come back and shoot at you again. If your honest , your poor your whole life. And , In the end , you wind up dying all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothing. For a tin star."
Far from being a handicap to command, compassion is the measure of it. For unless one values the lives of his soldiers and is tormented by their ordeals , he is unfit to command.
-General Omar Bradley, United States Army
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09-20-11, 01:56 PM #10
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Ok, ok I give him a 10 for the landing because lets face it he did stick the landing. However, the pre flight equipment check I have to go with a 1. Originally Posted by Captain America
He didn't fail to land.
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09-20-11, 03:20 PM #11
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Well I've never heard of this one either, but I've got to give creative points to the guy in the other thread with the suv and cable.
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09-20-11, 05:54 PM #12
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09-20-11, 10:03 PM #13
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