Video of failed-chute skydiver surviving 12,000 foot fall

By at 5:16 pm Thursday, Mar 1

Amazing first person helmet-mounted video of a skydiver who fell 12,000 feet without a failed chute and lived.
200703011717 It shows him plummeting 12,000ft to earth after both his parachutes failed, saying goodbye to the world... and hitting the ground with a sickening thud at 80mph. Michael's friend, who jumped from the same plane, also filmed the whole event. He found his pal bleeding and unconscious - but alive.
Link (Via Laughing Squid)

Reader comment:

Alex says: "There seems to be something about my security-aware Firefox configuration, which prevents the video from playing in the browser. I've found that the video file can be downloaded from here. (It's about 55Mb big. :-/)"

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