Lsebek1 0 #51 June 21, 2012 Hi Everyone. I am Leon Sebek and I have recently posted an update on my condition in the forum "General Skydiving Discussions Follow-up -- Leon Sebek -- Press Clips".Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger! L.S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lsebek1 0 #52 June 21, 2012 Hi Everyone. I am Leon Sebek and I have recently posted an update on my condition in the forum "General Skydiving Discussions Follow-up -- Leon Sebek -- Press Clips".Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger! L.S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lsebek1 0 #53 May 10, 2013 Hi everyone. I am Leon Sebek and after reading the threads in this Forum, I thought I should probably make a few comments and update everybody on my current status. Quade and Kizzie92 have the basic facts correct but in checking my Log book, it was actually my 95th jump. I was wearing a full-face Z1, I had a Wings container, a Cobalt Main, Cypres AAD, Galaxy II altimeter and PtoTrack Audible. There is no doubt that the hard shell helmet saved my life and I wouldn't have survived without it,as it was thoroughly crushed at the point of impact. As it was, the CT scan of my head showed that my skull looked like a VERY cracked egg. I broke my spine in two places (C2/C3 and T3/T4) and suffered a rotator cuff tear on landing (obviously I didn't get any accuracy points for that one . I was in a coma at Hamilton General for nearly 4 weeks before coming out of it and NO, I did not see any tunnel or "light", I just experienced some VERY strange dreams . It was supposed to be a twilight 8-way RW jump, with 2 planes of jumpers meeting up in the air. I was the first one out of our plane and moved out to the end of the strut when my pilot chute came out of it's pocket, caught the wind and extracted my main. It wasn't a case of my main coming out of it's container prematurely because of an issue with the closing pin. I saw some photos of the plane afterward and from the looks of things, I nearly tore the right horizontal stabilizer off - it was bent backward quite a bit. A couple of years later, when I met with the officers from the Durham Regional Police Air Support, one of them told me that the pilot must have been extremely skilled to safely land a plane in that condition. I have no idea why no one followed me down to ensure I was safe nor do I understand why the pilot didn't radio the other plane to tell them what had occurred and ask them to follow me down (or even radio the ground and alert them as to the problem) . The next spring, I went to the club's "Safety Day" to see if they were going to implement any new policies or procedures as a result my accident but they didn't seem to have (they were all glad to see that I was alive but that was about the extent of it) . Although I have largely recovered physically, the doctors tell me that because of my traumatic brain injury and it's after-effects, I will never work again. I have not been skydiving since the accident (more due to the fact that I no longer have my rig than any reluctance to jump on my part). I would like to thank all my doctors and the medical staff at both Hamilton General and Toronto Rehab, as well as everyone who prayed for my successful recovery. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger! L.S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
