First-time skydiver falls to her death

Janice · #1 Postby **Janice** » Sun May 28, 2006 8:20 am

STERLING, Ohio (AP) -- A first-time skydiver slipped from her harness during a jump Saturday and fell to her death, authorities said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/28/skydiv ... index.html

Regit · #2 Postby **Regit** » Sun May 28, 2006 8:26 am

There is a very good reason that some life insurance companies don't write policies to sky divers. Unfortunately, many people never make the connection.

Janice · #3 Postby **Janice** » Sun May 28, 2006 8:28 am

I will just stay with sailing on water instead of the sky. :eek:

HurryKane · #4 Postby **HurryKane** » Sun May 28, 2006 8:54 am

One of my college classmates died from a mid-air collision while she was sky-diving.

Scorpion · #5 Postby **Scorpion** » Sun May 28, 2006 9:11 am

Wow... I've always wanted to skydive. Reading stories like that just scares me. Just gotta think that out of the thousands of skydivers only a few die per year.

Janice · #6 Postby **Janice** » Sun May 28, 2006 9:16 am

Well, when my time is up, this is NOT how I want to go... :eek:

TexasStooge · #7 Postby **TexasStooge** » Sun May 28, 2006 10:09 am

I rather go water-tubing than sky-diving.

artist · #8 Postby **artist** » Sun May 28, 2006 10:34 am

my cousin when he was 17 died this way - neither chute would open.
First time up - only practice they had was jumping off a loft in a barn before they went out. He had the world in front of him too -he was young and my uncle had died and wanted him to run his oil co. for him.

tropicana · #9 Postby **tropicana** » Sun May 28, 2006 11:06 am

I'd never jump out of a perfectly good airplane. No way..no how.
I'd go on the scariest largest roller coaster...but I'd never bungee jump or sky dive.
When I plan on dying, I plan to go with a lot of people, not just by myself.

-justin-

Janice · #10 Postby **Janice** » Sun May 28, 2006 11:07 am

Well, I think we are all getting a good education here.

#11 Postby **alicia-w** » Sun May 28, 2006 11:20 am

sad, but another great reason not to jump out of a perfectly good airplane...

azsnowman · #12 Postby **azsnowman** » Sun May 28, 2006 12:21 pm

Justin, AMEN Brother! Why on EARTH would anyone want to jump from a perfectly good airplane.

My God, what a tragedy :cry:

Artist, I'm sorry to hear about your losses.....

Dennis

#13 Postby **LSU2001** » Sun May 28, 2006 9:05 pm

My daddy always told me that there wasn't but two things that fell out of the sky. Fools and Bird Crap!!
Guess he was on to something LOL
TIm

PS Don't mean to make light of the accident it is very sad about the girl but that is a high risk sport and sometimes it does not end well.

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