DJ aka GDR DJ Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 BASE Jumper Parachute Fails, He Survives A BASE jumper from Pensacola miraculously survives an almost 900 foot plunge and it is all caught on tape. 27 year-old Christopher Brewer, took part in the 32nd Annual Bridge Day in Fayetteville, WV on Saturday. Wearing his wing suit, spectators watched as he made the 876 foot fall from the New River Gorge Bridge. To his horror, his parachute did not deploy in time. Brewer plunged into the water travelling about 80 miles per hour. It took about 15 minutes for rescuers to arrive. He was life-flighted to Charleston Area Medical Center. Brewer has a long recovery ahead. He suffered a fractured pelvis, lung and spin injuries. Bridge Day began in 1980 as a small festival and has grown to one of the largest extreme sporting events in the world. More than 400 thrill seekers took part in Bridge Day, drawing in nearly 200 thousand visitors. Brewer may have his wing suit to thank for saving his life. A wing suit is designed to allow the jumper to float forward rather than drop straight down, which may have slowed his fall. The National Park Service is investigating the incident. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SruYoX0e_LA Source DJ Quote
Esteb@n24 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Good thing that he was wearing squirrel (or how it is called ) costum, so it slowed him down and decreased power of impact, other wise he wouldnt survive that fal. One lucky SOB Quote
Spitfire Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Good thing that he was wearing squirrel (or how it is called ) costum, It's called wing suit,mentioned 3 times I know all skydivers pack back together their own parachute,same things goes probably to base jumpers,if he will be okay and still continues this thing he sure will be more careful next time. Quote
Esteb@n24 Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 It's called wing suit,mentioned 3 times I know all skydivers pack back together their own parachute,same things goes probably to base jumpers,if he will be okay and still continues this thing he sure will be more careful next time. lol thanks i was in hurry so wached movie only Quote
+ refL3x:> Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) Omg He is so lucky .. Edited October 19, 2011 by refL3x Quote
KevinBacon Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 It looks like he just didn't deploy parachute in time....wierd... Quote
Administrators JoeDirt Posted October 19, 2011 Administrators Posted October 19, 2011 Whats a spin injury? Also mega bellyflop ftw Quote
Kat0n Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Lucky guy. The water was probably deep....or his parachute avoided him to hit the bottom of the lake... Quote
Administrators JoeDirt Posted October 19, 2011 Administrators Posted October 19, 2011 Lucky guy. The water was probably deep....or his parachute avoided him to hit the bottom of the lake... Water depth has nothing to do with it at that speed water is hard as concrete. 1 Quote
Kat0n Posted October 19, 2011 Posted October 19, 2011 Water depth has nothing to do with it at that speed water is hard as concrete. You're right.... but this guy had a speed of 129km/h, he probably had a good landing (people who do 'cliff diving' realise big falls, but as they land well, they aren't injured) An US airforce driver already survived of a fall of 5000m... Quote
WeetBix KiD Posted October 20, 2011 Posted October 20, 2011 My biggest fear and why ill never sky dive/base jump etc. I know you have a back up..But it would be my luck that both will fail..I'd be the 1 in 100000000 (or whatever it is) lol Quote
Panini*Hobbit@mp3 Posted October 20, 2011 Posted October 20, 2011 Whats a spin injury? Also mega bellyflop ftw Misspelling of spine injury is my guess. He was lucky, real real lucky. Quote
icky?/ Posted October 20, 2011 Posted October 20, 2011 I'm never doing that Not even for a million dollars...Well, maybe... NO! Quote
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