cpoxon 0 #1 September 10, 2006 From http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2006/09/10/news_localstate/news_local_state.1.txt QuoteBASE jumpers survive entanglement By Meagan Thompson and Will Sites Times-News staff TWIN FALLS — Two men escaped a dangerous situation Saturday evening when their parachutes reportedly became entangled during a BASE jump from the Perrine Bridge. The Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Department, two St. Luke’s Magic Valley Regional Medical Center ambulances and a Life Flight helicopter responded to the scene when a 911 caller reported one jumper in the water and another on the rocks. The Life Flight helicopter landed at the BASE-jumping landing zone and made contact with one of the BASE jumpers. Shortly after determining that no serious injuries were sustained in the jump, the helicopter returned to the hospital. Twin Falls County sheriff’s deputies responded by taking a boat from Centennial Park to the bridge, where the two jumpers were picked up and returned to the park. A BASE jumper who identified himself only as Joe said he witnessed the jump and that their parachutes wrapped around each other and one jumper hit the land while the other landed on his back in the water. The two jumpers involved in the incident refused to provide their names and walked away from the ordeal with little more than large scratches and wet clothing. A spokesman for SIRCOM said no official report will be filed because no serious injuries occurred. Skydiving Fatalities - Cease not to learn 'til thou cease to live Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 25 #2 September 10, 2006 The photo caption reads (misspelling is in the original): QuoteTwo BASE jumpers who escaped seerious injury after their parachutes became entangled reach dry land Saturday evening at Centennial Park. The Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office used a boat to retrieve the jumpers. In my opinion, the paper makes this sound fairly bad, when it wasn't. I'm particularly concerned about things like the sentence "The Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office used a boat to retrieve the jumpers" which implies that an official vehicle was used (in fact, the jumpers were retrieved by a private boat that happened to be on the water at the time). There's also an interesting illustration of the public resources brought to bear on the situation (" two...ambulances and a Life Flight helicopter responded..."), when in fact the jumpers used private transport entirely in removing themselves from the canyon. The press here has definitely become less friendly to BASE this summer. No more incidents here this season would be quite helpful.-- Tom Aiello [email protected] SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JaapSuter 0 #3 September 11, 2006 Is Meagan the Meagan I've met in Twin Falls or a different Meagan? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomAiello 25 #4 September 11, 2006 The Meghan you've met here is probably Meghan Annis, who is not the writer of this story.-- Tom Aiello [email protected] SnakeRiverBASE.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
