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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:49 PM Original message |
‘Miraculous’ Recovery for Man Who Fell 47 Floors |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. And then the Bush Admin. immediately had him deported. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. . |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Freaky, but it happens. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. How can that even happen? |
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winter999 (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Guess he took the "terminal" out of terminal velocity! |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Simple... Right before you hit the ground you simply jump upwardly. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Otherwise known as the "Bugs Bunny Technique"... n/t |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The Mythbusters looked at that... |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. And before that, there was a WWII paratrooper that survived some 12,000 feet... |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. No paratroopers, Two Tail-gunners, a Stewardess and a Pilot, but no paratroopers |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. She was in the fuselage of a passenger jet. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. That was Alan McGee, a tail gunner on a US B-17 |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Fascinating stuff. Thanks for posting it! |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. just the way ya hit. |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. Let me get this straight..... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Some say that his painting platform was rigged to blow... |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. I wish for him the best |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
16. What an amazing story! I wish the best for him and his family. |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. His wife says he is done washing windows for ever. |
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