blademaster
I'm moving to Brazil
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CHESTER, South Carolina —  Strapped to his dying instructor a few thousand feet from the ground on his first skydive, Daniel Pharr found himself floating toward a house and some trees.The military taught the 25-year-old soldier not to panic. And TV taught him to pull the toggles on the already-deployed parachute to steer.So Pharr grabbed the right handle and pulled to avoid the house and tugged again to miss the trees, landing safely in a field about a third of a mile from their intended landing spot.

Pharr said he wrestled out of the harness binding him to his instructor, George "Chip" Steele, and started CPR trying to save him from an apparent heart attack.Steele was later pronounced dead, but the tragedy could have been worse: Other instructors at the skydiving school told Pharr if he had pulled the toggle too hard, the chute would have spun out of control, and he could be dead, too.

"They told me afterward that it was amazing that I knew to do that. This is my survival instinct at that point. I just kind of did what I had to do," said Pharr, taking a break Monday from his job at Fort Gordon near Augusta, Ga.The jump was a Christmas gift from Pharr's girlfriend. The two went to Skydive Carolina in Chester on Saturday to jump from 13,500 feet in the air while attached to instructors.

Steele, 49, gave instructions as the plane climbed. He told Pharr he loved skydiving, having jumped more than 8,000 times."He pulled the chute," Pharr said. "It got super quiet. It's eerily quiet up there. I made the comment to him, 'It's surprising how quiet it is.' And he's like: 'Welcome to my world."'

A few seconds passed, and Pharr asked his instructor another question. This time, Steele didn't answer. Pharr repeated his question. No answer."And then I just looked up at him and he looked like he was conscious, but just talking to him, I realized something was wrong," Pharr said. "So at that point I realized I was just going to have to do what I had to do to get down to the ground and try to help him."

The pair ended up about a third of a mile from the airstrip where they were supposed to land, blocked from the spectators by trees. Pharr's CPR failed to revive Steele.

"My only thing walking away is that I wish I could have helped him," Pharr said. "I tried as hard as I could — all my training, I did everything I could."

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phishman420
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Heard about this earlier. That would be a shitty first experience.
Stimey
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bet hes not doing that again.
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mtb0minime
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Well at least the instructor died happily and doing what he loved
LT.Victim
Member
+1,175|7001|British Columbia, Canada

mtb0minime wrote:

Well at least the instructor died happily and doing what he loved
This is true.
GodFather
Blademaster's bottom bitch
+387|6658|Phoenix, AZ

mtb0minime wrote:

Well at least the instructor died happily and doing what he loved
Yeah but he still fucked the other guy over, real bad.
jsnipy
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Stimey wrote:

bet hes not doing that again.
Yeah really,  next time without the dead body
RavyGravy
Son.
+617|6844|NSW, Australia

now that's irony
Bradt3hleader
Care [ ] - Don't care [x]
+121|6375

XxRavenxX wrote:

now that's irony
You got that right!

Anyway yeah he's like "Welcome to my world", so at least he died where he loves best. Anyway I think I might skydive one day, not sure though, I don't like the idea of being attached to a dead body.
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|6227|Catherine Black
Like said above, at least he died happy. So long as I'm doing something I really love and I'm happy then I'm okay with dying.

Good job on the military guy. See, TV does teach you something!
https://i.imgur.com/qwWEP9F.png
GateKeeper{NL}
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shoulnt the military guy deserve a medal?
andy12
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GateKeeper{NL} wrote:

shoulnt the military guy deserve a medal?
Not really since he died from an accident and did nothing brave, but I'll tell you what he doesn't deserve, some wannabe Swiss US marine having a joke about his death.
Sidsnot
Banned
+93|6001|Stoke, England

andy12 wrote:

GateKeeper{NL} wrote:

shoulnt the military guy deserve a medal?
Not really since he died from an accident and did nothing brave, but I'll tell you what he doesn't deserve, some wannabe Swiss US marine having a joke about his death.
The military guy didn't die
GateKeeper{NL}
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Its a miracle the guy survived.

Fits really in the picture "For outstanding performance in a stress and dangerous situation"


This one and a pat on the back
https://bf2.free-gfx.com/bf2_ribbons/AirborneRibbon.jpg
andy12
Banned
+52|7096

Sidsnot wrote:

andy12 wrote:

GateKeeper{NL} wrote:

shoulnt the military guy deserve a medal?
Not really since he died from an accident and did nothing brave, but I'll tell you what he doesn't deserve, some wannabe Swiss US marine having a joke about his death.
The military guy didn't die
Oh, well whoever died doesn't deserve the usual "LOL DARWIN CANDIDATE", "IRONIC" or other shite that is the norm here.
GateKeeper{NL}
Member
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andy12 wrote:

Sidsnot wrote:

andy12 wrote:

Not really since he died from an accident and did nothing brave, but I'll tell you what he doesn't deserve, some wannabe Swiss US marine having a joke about his death.
The military guy didn't die
Oh, well whoever died doesn't deserve the usual "LOL DARWIN CANDIDATE", "IRONIC" or other shite that is the norm here.
I think this one should suffice

https://bf2.free-gfx.com/bf2_ribbons/AirborneRibbon.jpg

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