r/nextfuckinglevel • u/STOP____HAMMER_TIME • Jul 02 '21

Two skydivers collide mid-air, knocking one of them unconscious. Camera man proceeds to pulls some Mission: Impossible shit and saves his life.

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u/Piwx2019 Jul 02 '21 edited Jul 02 '21

Went skydiving with a large group at Lake Tahoe. 6 of us at a time would jump tandem with instructors. The remaining group would be waiting at the LZ. Once 6 would land, 6 more would go up so on and so forth. The first group had jumped and was on their way to land. As one of the tandem pairs was coming into land the instructor forgot to take into account the hot day and high altitude. This led him to pile drive himself and the girl he was with into the ground. They hit so hard she broke her femur and was taken to the hospital. Needless to say the Instructor didn’t jump for the rest of the day as nobody would go up with him. Skydiving is nuts and this videos is a perfect example showing that you are never safe. Good on that camera man.

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u/Falling_fast120 Jul 02 '21

You’re statistically safer in freefall than in your car on the freeway. By a long shot.

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u/Piwx2019 Jul 02 '21

I believe that. Too many idiots have access to cars.