Soldier survives after 15,000 ft fall as parachute fails to open correctly in US.....

[Justdroppedin]

Yesterday a British soldier came crashing through the roof of a California home after his parachute failed to open during training. Shocked locals rushed to call the emergency services when they saw him hurtling out of the sky in free-fall. The parachutist had jumped from a plane at 15,000ft while part of a group training exercise conducted from nearby Camp Roberts, a California national guard base. He smashed through the roof of a bungalow and landed, dazed but not seriously injured, in the kitchen. Images show him still attached to his harness, surrounded by roof tiles and other wreckage as he lay stunned on the floor. Neighbour Rose Martin, a registered nurse, ran in to help him. “I was in shock. I’m like, what?’” she told a local TV station. “I checked on him and his eyes were open but I wasn’t sure if there were any injuries. I didn’t want anyone to move him.” “It’s a miracle in my estimation, really. I mean, who lands like that without a parachute and lives?” she added. Fully conscious but in some pain, the soldier was taken to hospital and treated for moderate injuries. The homeowner’s mother, Linda Sallady, said she was amazed that more damage wasn’t done to the house considering he had smashed through the roof. “It’s mostly the ceiling, the sheetrock. He missed the counters, appliances, everything.” A statement from the Atascadero police department said: “Investigation revealed that a parachute failed to fully deploy. This was the only incident involved and all others participating in the jump landed safely at the designated landing field.” It also confirmed that occupants were not home during the accident, so no one else was hurt.




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[The Noof]

I fell 9.5 feet from a ladder & broke my back.Geezuz

[kenkell1]

I fell 9.5 feet from a ladder & broke my back.Geezuz

While riding my snow mobile and i hit a pressure ridge on a lake close to Alaska 25 years ago and broke my back.

[The Noof]

While riding my snow mobile and i hit a pressure ridge on a lake close to Alaska 25 years ago and broke my back.

I take it yours was a compression fracture too?My fall was careless/freak so to speak:we have a very tall garage with a 10 foot mezzanine.I have a ladder permantley in place for access.I've been up that ladder 100 times at least.I was coming down from the mezzanine with things in either hand when the ladder squirted out. I hit my lower jaw on the mezzanine which spun me and planked me flat on my back.I landed on the middle of a square step ladder looking up at the ceiling with items in tact in both hands.The ladder step wedged itself between L2/L3 compression fracturing the disc/cartilage on L1.I also bit a looney sized piece off of the back of my tongue.Happy day it was not.lol

[dogdayz]

I take it yours was a compression fracture too?My fall was careless/freak so to speak:we have a very tall garage with a 10 foot mezzanine.I have a ladder permantley in place for access.I've been up that ladder 100 times at least.I was coming down from the mezzanine with things in either hand when the ladder squirted out. I hit my lower jaw on the mezzanine which spun me and planked me flat on my back.I landed on the middle of a square step ladder looking up at the ceiling with items in tact in both hands.The ladder step wedged itself between L2/L3 compression fracturing the disc/cartilage on L1.I also bit a looney sized piece off of the back of my tongue.Happy day it was not.lol

Did you spill your beer? :innocent:

[The Noof]

Did you spill your beer? :innocent:

No...it wasn't THAT bad.lol