skydiverek 54 #1 December 29, 2002 I watched Mike McGowan's tape "Mike McGowan's Greatest Hits". There is a clip showing low canopy collision between two jumpers. The lower jumper cuts away, and you can see his reserve starting to deploy (probably by RSL). The reserve reaches line stretch and and the same time jumper hits the ground (probably still travelling around 60 mph). It looks like the round reserve has not even inflated with any air. Does anybody know what happened to this jumper??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 0 #2 December 29, 2002 Quote Does anybody know what happened to this jumper??? All I know is he didn't die. I talked to Mike after I unexpectedly videod a fatality. Mike debated long and hard about putting that in his video. He finally felt it would/could do people some good to realize that shit can get serious real fast. I admire the fact he was willing to put it in there. He would never include anything that resulted in death.My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,395 #3 December 30, 2002 >He would never include anything that resulted in death. Hmm, I know he's done video of record attempts, some of which had fatalities on them. To the best of my knowledge he did not remove the video of those jump(s) from the event videos. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 186 #4 December 30, 2002 QuoteI watched Mike McGowan's tape "Mike McGowan's Greatest Hits". There is a clip showing low canopy collision between two jumpers. The lower jumper cuts away, and you can see his reserve starting to deploy (probably by RSL). The reserve reaches line stretch and and the same time jumper hits the ground (probably still travelling around 60 mph). It looks like the round reserve has not even inflated with any air. Does anybody know what happened to this jumper??? Tommy did not have vital signs when they got to him, but he impacted in the right place for continued survival. He had EMTs and physicians on him within seconds, and it is the only case I've seen besides Mike Vederman where CPR was successful. Since his reserve managed to stand him up, his legs and pelvis served as a crumple zone. One of his ankles was described as "mush," and he was broken up pretty badly below the waist. The last I heard of him, he had been on the road to recovery in a VA hospital when he contracted osteomyelitis. He apparently showed up at a DZ to do a tandem, and was described as pretty badly crippled. I had expected to make a jump with Tommy on the day he impacted, and was standing behind Mike McGowan when the incident occurred. I haven't managed to get in touch with him since, and hope he's doing well. Blue skies, Winsor Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hookitt 0 #5 December 30, 2002 Quote>He would never include anything that resulted in death. Hmm, I know he's done video of record attempts, some of which had fatalities on them. To the best of my knowledge he did not remove the video of those jump(s) from the event videos. Capturing the actual fatality is diffent than capturing a skydive on video that subsequently resulted in a fatality. Mikes video was Incredible. When you realize something very bad is going to happen, it's very difficult to continue taping. It's no longer for fun. The video I shot will never go on a tape either. The skydive that happened prior, has been shown many times.My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #6 December 30, 2002 I recently showed that video to a bunch of skydivers at a party. It pretty much pissed off everyone that it was included on the tape. Bo TF#3_________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
