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02-12-2007, 06:09 PM
Hi All:
___Way OT but given the Parachuting murder in Europe a week or two ago, this one shocked me as well!
Expert jumper Michael Holmes survived a parachute malfunction.
Spinning violently out of control as he fell toward Earth and an almost-certain death at hundreds of miles per hour, skydiver Michael Holmes had a split second to consider his demise when his parachute and a reserve failed high above New Zealand in December.
“Oh, [expletive]! I'm dead. Bye,” said Holmes, who landed in a bush and lived to tell about it in an exclusive interview on TODAY on Monday.Read more … (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17113222/?GT1=9033)
___Good Luck
___Wayne
___Way OT but given the Parachuting murder in Europe a week or two ago, this one shocked me as well!
Expert jumper Michael Holmes survived a parachute malfunction.
Spinning violently out of control as he fell toward Earth and an almost-certain death at hundreds of miles per hour, skydiver Michael Holmes had a split second to consider his demise when his parachute and a reserve failed high above New Zealand in December.
“Oh, [expletive]! I'm dead. Bye,” said Holmes, who landed in a bush and lived to tell about it in an exclusive interview on TODAY on Monday.Read more … (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17113222/?GT1=9033)
___Good Luck
___Wayne