Lucky man survives 6,000ft fall.

[smoggeordie 0]

A skydiver from Staffordshire plunged 6,000ft without a parachute in Russia and survived to tell the tale.

 

James Boole, from Tamworth, said he was supposed to have been given a signal by another skydiver to open his parachute, but it came two seconds too late.

 

Mr Boole, who was filming the other skydiver for a television documentary, landed on snow-covered rocks and suffered a broken back and rib.

 

"What went through my mind was my wife and my daughter," he said.

 

"I really thought that I was going to die - incredible feeling of sadness and just how unfair that was."

 

James Boole

Mr Boole said he could not make sense of his survival

 

Mr Boole, who has made 2,500 jumps, is now back at home in a body brace.

 

He said: "(The other flyer) took us so close to the ground where I thought I was dead.

 

"When I finally looked at the ground and realised how low I was, I knew there was no time for me to get a full parachute above my head.

 

"For the first 48 hours after the accident I thought maybe I am dead and this is some kind of after-life limbo, or some other reality, because I couldn't make sense of it - how I was still here to come through this?"

 

His wife, Kristina, who is also a skydiver, said: "For the moment I'm thinking just of him to recover, so not about jumping or anything like that.

 

"But yeah (I) would like him to stop doing that."

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/8056599.stm

[Fop 1]

Bit of a misleading tale, compared to the video footage.

[Douggy B 0]

"I really thought that I was going to die - incredible feeling of sadness and just how unfair that was."

 

Maybe it would be unfair if you hadn't just chucked yourself out of a plane.

[Monkeys Fist 38766]

I've got a spare place in my plane this weekend's jump Danny, I'll even pack your chute for you.fancy it?

Edited May 19, 2009 by Monkeys Fist

[Rob W 0]

his 'chute opened at the last minute ................