Texas girl survives 3,000-foot fall in skydiving accident


Strange | 207841 hits | Jan 29 12:42 pm | Posted by: N_Fiddledog
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A 16-year-old Texas girl who plummeted more than 3,000 feet to the ground in an Oklahoma skydiving accident survived and is recovering from her many injuries, a doctor said Tuesday.

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  1. by Canadian_Mind
    Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:32 pm
    The girl?s parents agreed to let her perform the jump, but her father, Joe Wethington, now says the skydiving company shouldn?t have allowed it.

    ?I don?t think she should have been allowed at 16 to go up there and perform that type of jump, no matter what I say or she says, she shouldn?t have been allowed,? Joe Wethington said at the news conference. ?I find it very hard to believe that the rules and regulations in Oklahoma are that lax. I think there is a flaw there somewhere, and I don?t think it?s through the state of Oklahoma. I think it?s the company. I?m not sure.?


    So basically, he made a poor choice as a parent, so it is their fault they didn't say no?

  2. by avatar Public_Domain
    Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:09 pm
    :|

  3. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:53 pm
    The story is a bit of hype, I'm afraid. Upon reading it you find that the parachute malfunctioned but it still deployed. It's not like she fell a kilometer without a parachute, she just had a hard landing is all.

  4. by avatar desertdude
    Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:58 pm
    I'm sure the company had the sign all sorts of waivers so they are probably OK but it is the Cos responsibility too just because a parent signed it doesn't mean you go ahead with something unsafe.

    We use to do self drive off road trips and many a times I have stopped the vehicle and pulled out paying clients before they were not following instructions or safety regulations. So CO running the show also has responsibility to ensure safety as well, although I'm sure 100s if not 1000s of 16 yr olds jump all the time without any issue.

    Any establishment worth its salt with investigate the matter itself to see if any corners were cut.

    Now this came close to being a tragedy


  5. by avatar Public_Domain
    Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:15 am
    :|



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