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I jumped from a plane – and my parachute failed. As I hurtled towards earth, I felt oddly calm
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2024
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Skydiving is not like being in your mother's arms. You've aimed yourself at a planet and it is you and only you that will save your sorry ass.
That much is true.
I retract my previous statements.
Actually read the article it's more a recount of what happened, and some pretty normal emotional responses to hitting the fucking ground at terminal velocity.
Easy, man, shit happens. And this kind of shit is incredibly rare. You don’t know how you’d react (unless you have “bounced” in which case my apologies, carry on talking shit about this poor woman).