sarettah
10-21-2003, 08:39 AM
You talk about lucky.......
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ny_parachute_dc (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20031021/od_nm/odd_germany_parachute_dc)
Saved by a Crane When Parachute Fails
1 hour, 6 minutes ago
BERLIN (Reuters) - A parachutist jumping from a 480-foot skyscraper escaped death when his chute failed to open properly but got snared on a crane next to the building leaving him hanging, German police said Monday.
"He got lucky after his initial misfortune," said a spokesman for police in the Bavarian capital Munich.
Fire services took an hour to rescue the 32-year-old Austrian extreme sports enthusiast after his base jump from the 35th floor left him hanging 150 feet up.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ny_parachute_dc (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20031021/od_nm/odd_germany_parachute_dc)
Saved by a Crane When Parachute Fails
1 hour, 6 minutes ago
BERLIN (Reuters) - A parachutist jumping from a 480-foot skyscraper escaped death when his chute failed to open properly but got snared on a crane next to the building leaving him hanging, German police said Monday.
"He got lucky after his initial misfortune," said a spokesman for police in the Bavarian capital Munich.
Fire services took an hour to rescue the 32-year-old Austrian extreme sports enthusiast after his base jump from the 35th floor left him hanging 150 feet up.