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Holy crap, talk about some crazy luck! How do you fall out of a plane with no parachutes and survive!?
http://news.aol.com/article/british-...urvives/624018
*Note to self, always land on a steel roof when skydiving*
http://news.aol.com/article/british-...urvives/624018
Aug. 16) - A British skydiver survived a 2,000-foot drop onto the roof of an aircraft hanger after his parachutes malfunctioned.
The incident happened on Friday over the skies of Shropshire, England, when experienced skydiver and cameraman Paul Lewis was up in the air filming a woman making her first jump, according to a Times Online report.
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At about 3,000 feet, Lewis tried to open his main parachute, but it failed. He then managed to release his reserve, but it only partially opened, causing him to spiral down rapidly.
Lewis ended up plunging a few thousand feet onto the steel roof of an airport hanger. The only reason he didn't proceed to roll off onto the ground was because his parachute got snagged on something.
"He is incredibly lucky, he's almost without an injury. If he'd fallen 10 (feet) either way he would have landed on concrete," Colin Fitzmaurice, owner of the Parachute Centre, where Lewis took off from, told the Times.
The incident happened on Friday over the skies of Shropshire, England, when experienced skydiver and cameraman Paul Lewis was up in the air filming a woman making her first jump, according to a Times Online report.
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At about 3,000 feet, Lewis tried to open his main parachute, but it failed. He then managed to release his reserve, but it only partially opened, causing him to spiral down rapidly.
Lewis ended up plunging a few thousand feet onto the steel roof of an airport hanger. The only reason he didn't proceed to roll off onto the ground was because his parachute got snagged on something.
"He is incredibly lucky, he's almost without an injury. If he'd fallen 10 (feet) either way he would have landed on concrete," Colin Fitzmaurice, owner of the Parachute Centre, where Lewis took off from, told the Times.
*Note to self, always land on a steel roof when skydiving*
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I always watch stories like this on the discovery ch.. some other woman did the same thing... but she landed in a field and broke the fall with her face 
she survived
she survived
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How does someone jump out of a plane, then land on their face and survive??!
Also, who in their right minds goes sky diving while pregnant????!!
There are some really stupi people out there
Also, who in their right minds goes sky diving while pregnant????!!
There are some really stupi people out there
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and I dont think she knew she was pregnant yet
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Ive had a lot of friends say that when they turned 18 they would get a group to go out... never happened with any of them. Ive always wanted to, but it does cost $$$
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BAM sky diving adventure anyone? I bet atleast someone would screw up and face plant :P
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at me -_-' haha but i say plan it for next year.. give everyone time to save $$$ and take appropriate time off 
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Well in santa rosa its 165 for the tandem jump, you jump with a trained person attached to you. For the solo ones its 250 but you have to do training and you have two instructors close to make sure you don't die:P And they give group discounts for both ways so its not too expensive if we get enough people. And you jump from 15,000 feet.
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Well in santa rosa its 165 for the tandem jump, you jump with a trained person attached to you. For the solo ones its 250 but you have to do training and you have two instructors close to make sure you don't die:P And they give group discounts for both ways so its not too expensive if we get enough people. And you jump from 15,000 feet.