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Scariest Skydiving Video Ever!
For many people skydiving is one of those bucket list items you do following a monumental birthday just to cross it off your list. That's what Lavern, the woman in this video, did after she turned 80. The problem is, once she got up in the air she decided she really wasn't sure she wanted to jump after all. Clinging to the open doorway on the airplane, the man that was jumping tandem with her forced Laverne out of the plane and in doing so she became dislodged from her harness. The result is one scary plunge back to Earth with the instructor clinging on to the woman for dear life and a clearly panicked cameraman desperately wanting to help. Warning: this one is not for the faint of heart!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Mr. D May 28th 2012 4:37PM
I hope she was alright ? I freaked out going up to the door myself. I started to think can I change my mind ? By that time, I was already out. So much fun ! Planning my second one in July
pa sa May 26th 2012 6:28AM
Stay on the ground people the sky was meant fro the birds.
Rick, Chicago May 26th 2012 2:22PM
LOLOL!!!! H-h-hello!
Rusty356 May 26th 2012 6:29AM
Next week-end, the grand-kids are taking mamaw bull-riding.
Trisha May 26th 2012 9:52AM
LMAO.
eubie doo May 26th 2012 7:13AM
Dude should have left her on board,You can see She had a last minute decision.
Marriea May 26th 2012 9:28AM
Bet she won't try that again!!! But to her defense she was obviously having second thoughts. If she does sue, she will have to share some of the blame.
Carl May 26th 2012 7:54AM
I'm 75 years old I was skydiving in my twenty's after three year in the army paratrooper.I have never see any one forced out the door. He has no business being a instructor his action's are out of line He should had never had force her out the door
Devon May 26th 2012 10:50AM
I couldn't agree more with you. I'm 38 and have 2 friends (50) who were
both paratroopers and even they both admit, this guy was an idiot. You can easily
see she didn't want to go. I can also see his straps around her looked loose.
charles hedbring May 26th 2012 12:47PM
So true! I froze first time I bungee-jumped. No help. No push. Just verbal encouragement. I finally left the platform -- under my own power. It IS staggering she was forced. Why? Because we can't know how we'll react under such "logic-countering" initial experiences. To coerce! Damn lucky she didn't have a heart attack! ~Charles Hedbring, programsteppe.com
Rusty356 May 26th 2012 9:07PM
Here's the deal. The time to decide you're not going to jump out of a perfectly good airplane .... is before you sign the Insurance Waiver and agree to get on the plane. The skydiving instructor has a duty to get everyone "out of the plane" safely. Unless the plane is sitting still over the drop zone (which only happens in cartoons) ... there is an implied consent that if you paid for the service, signed the waiver, took the lessons and got on the plane .... then you will leave that plane in a timely manner ... so as not to put any of the other passengers at risk when it's time for them to take the leap. Granny may have had second thoughts ..... but who in their right mind wouldn't have second thoughts about skydiving for the first time? At least her chute pak wasn't full of dirty laundry instead of a parachute ..... now THAT would be grounds for a lawsuit!
ubu967 May 26th 2012 7:55AM
Wow.....When a person is that adamant about not going, you let them sit down. I skydived when I was in my 20s and they did not put pressure on you then....
I smell lawsuit....a justified one at that!
wahwah2012 May 26th 2012 9:28AM
Must be an American, lawsuits everyones answer. Refund her money at the most and send her on her way. It will not be a justified lawsuit, she is alive and suffered no severe injuries according to news articles.
eatahabanero May 26th 2012 10:04AM
Ok so they jump and instead of trying to enjoy the ride she preferred to work her way out of the harness? She could have killed them both.
Enjoy the ride, land, slap the hell out of the guy and then go home. What is she going to sue for?
diana May 27th 2012 12:13AM
This woman was never prepare to jump out, Why he force her to do that? What a horrible experience.
RJ May 26th 2012 8:30AM
Honestly...one can see her harness was loose in the plane...very poor instructor for not even catching that let alone forcing her out the door! CHECK THE EQUIPMENT!
Bud May 26th 2012 9:15AM
That instructor is a bully and a punk .To force a clearly terrified senior citizen out of an aircraft is a sadistic act . A lawsuit should be the least of his problems .
Janice May 26th 2012 8:37AM
I think that was horrible to force her to go when she was so scared!! That poor woman could have died and he needs to be reprimanded for his uncaring actions!!
Bud May 26th 2012 3:55PM
His address & phone # are at the beginning of the video . Heh .
eatahabanero May 26th 2012 8:42AM
I just said last night that I wanted to skydive maybe I should think twice.