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13 Dec 2005 10:08:11 PM |
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OT: Chutes Malfunction; Skydiver Lives |
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/13/earlyshow/main1120132.shtml
Chutes Malfunction; Skydiver Lives
JOPLIN, Mo., Dec. 13, 2005
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"I prepared for the worst and I got the best."
Shayna Richardson
(CBS) The saying "lucky to be alive" is anything but a cliché when it
comes to Shayna Richardson.
She began skydiving when she turned 21 in May. Two months ago, in
Siloam Springs, Ark., the Joplin, Mo., woman was making her 10th dive
and first solo jump with a brand new parachute when things suddenly
went wrong.
Her main chute and her reserve failed to open properly, and she
spiraled out of control, falling thousands of feet.
Her fall was caught on tape by a camera in her instructor's helmet.
She landed face-first in a parking lot and lived to tell about it.
She told co-anchor Hannah Storm on The Early Show Tuesday that, when
her reserve chute malfunctioned, "Several things flashed through my
mind. But of course, the first one is, you know, 'This is going to be
a death. It's going to be a fatality. There is no fixing this.'
"Of course, as high up as I was, I was still about 3,000 feet off the
ground, I was gonna give it a try. I was doing everything I knew to do
to correct the malfunction. But, ultimately, I was prepared for it to
be a fatal accident."
It's estimated Richardson was going 50 mph at impact.
"Right before I hit," she said, "I let go and I just, I told God, I
said, 'Alright, I know I'm going home now. Just please don't make it
hurt.'
"I had accepted — I don't know how your brain can process that so
quickly in the 3,000 feet that I fell. I had rationalized with myself
that this was it, I was gonna die, and there wasn't anything I could
do about it. So I just needed to have one last talk with God before I
did."
Richardson said she doesn't remember hitting the ground.
"Really, the last thing I remember was talking to God," she said. "I
said, like I said, 'I'm going home. Just don't make it hurt.' And then
I don't remember anything until I was in the ambulance.
”When I hit the ground, my instructor ran over to me and he said I sat
up, was talking to him, and tried to get up and get around. Of course,
he made me stay down. But I don't remember any of that conversation. I
just kept asking repeatedly if I was dreaming and if I was still
alive."
Richardson now has 15 plates in her face for fractures after four
operations. She also suffered two breaks in her pelvis, as well as a
broken right fibula.
But there was one shock still to come.
Richardson learned in the emergency room that she was two weeks
pregnant and, "The baby had survived the free fall as well, survived
the free fall and the 50 mile-an-hour impact, and then, on top of
that, survived all four surgeries that I've been through as well."
The fetus is said to be doing well. Richardson is due in June.
"You can't imagine how blessed I feel," she said. "To be alive, and
then to have my baby be healthy is just more than I could ever have
imagined or expected. I prepared for the worst and I got the best."
©MMV, CBS Broadcasting Inc
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Chutes Malfunction; Skydiver Lives |
13 Dec 2005 10:31:06 PM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet stoney (stoney@the.net) made
the light shine upon us with this:
Richardson said she doesn't remember hitting the ground.
That's how it was when I punched my lights out in a fall once. I was
instantly in my bed with my family around me. 10-15 minutes of my life
were simply erased, not experienced.
"Really, the last thing I remember was talking to God," she said. "I
said, like I said, 'I'm going home. Just don't make it hurt.' And then
I don't remember anything until I was in the ambulance.
Well, there was nothing else for her to do, so why not? If I was
religious, and in the same predicament, I'd be cussing the god out.
<snip>
"You can't imagine how blessed I feel," she said. "To be alive, and
then to have my baby be healthy is just more than I could ever have
imagined or expected. I prepared for the worst and I got the best."
I can't imagine how un-blessed she was, under the control of a god who
allowed her chutes to get tangled. But the stupid babbling religious are
like this, the god cannot do any wrong - or they are incapable of seeing
things that way.
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
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Only the atheist realizes how morally objectionable it is for survivors
of a catastrophe to believe themselves spared by a loving God while this
same God drowned infants in their cribs. - Sam Harris
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| User: "G-Ride" |
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14 Dec 2005 12:10:23 AM |
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"Uncle Vic" <address@withheld.com> wrote in message
news:Xns972BD0AAF61BEvicman@216.196.97.136...
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet stoney (stoney@the.net) made
the light shine upon us with this:
Richardson said she doesn't remember hitting the ground.
That's how it was when I punched my lights out in a fall once. I was
instantly in my bed with my family around me. 10-15 minutes of my life
were simply erased, not experienced.
I "experienced" the same thing after a fall from my bicycle as a youth. One
moment I was riding my bike and the next I was in a car being driven to my
house. And the driver was in mid-sentence, so apparently I had been talking
with him before I came to.
--
Aloha, G-Ride
"I love songs about horses, railroads, land, judgement day, family, hard
times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder,
war,prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor,
piety, rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness,
heartbreak and love. And Mother. And God. 'Rusty Cage' must fit in some of
these categories." - J. Cash
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| User: "Sanitys little helper" |
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14 Dec 2005 01:40:35 AM |
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On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:10:23 -1000, G-Ride wrote:
"Uncle Vic" <address@withheld.com> wrote in message
news:Xns972BD0AAF61BEvicman@216.196.97.136...
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet stoney (stoney@the.net) made
the light shine upon us with this:
Richardson said she doesn't remember hitting the ground.
That's how it was when I punched my lights out in a fall once. I was
instantly in my bed with my family around me. 10-15 minutes of my life
were simply erased, not experienced.
I "experienced" the same thing after a fall from my bicycle as a youth. One
moment I was riding my bike and the next I was in a car being driven to my
house. And the driver was in mid-sentence, so apparently I had been talking
with him before I came to.
Did you ever find out what you'd been saying?
--
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow, we eat, drink and be merry.
D Silverman FLAHN, SMLAHN
AA #2208
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| User: "G-Ride" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Chutes Malfunction; Skydiver Lives |
14 Dec 2005 12:14:16 PM |
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"Sanity's little helper" <elvish@noshpam.net> wrote in message
news:18zll1a4u5dv4$.1g2jzdoh27gdk.dlg@40tude.net...
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:10:23 -1000, G-Ride wrote:
"Uncle Vic" <address@withheld.com> wrote in message
news:Xns972BD0AAF61BEvicman@216.196.97.136...
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet stoney (stoney@the.net)
made
the light shine upon us with this:
Richardson said she doesn't remember hitting the ground.
That's how it was when I punched my lights out in a fall once. I was
instantly in my bed with my family around me. 10-15 minutes of my life
were simply erased, not experienced.
I "experienced" the same thing after a fall from my bicycle as a youth.
One
moment I was riding my bike and the next I was in a car being driven to
my
house. And the driver was in mid-sentence, so apparently I had been
talking
with him before I came to.
Did you ever find out what you'd been saying?
No, but I probably said a good bit since I knew the guy and the accident
happened right in front of the house he was visiting. So I was likely
conversing w/ him from shortly after the moment I got up from the ground.
Funny thing is that I knew him because he used to be my next door neighbor.
We had moved to a different town just a couple months earlier. He and his
family were apparently visiting relatives/friends who lived down the street
from our new place.
--
Aloha, G-Ride
"I love songs about horses, railroads, land, judgement day, family, hard
times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war,
prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety,
rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness,
heartbreak and love. And Mother. And God. 'Rusty Cage' must fit in some of
these categories." - J. Cash
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| User: "Uncle Vic" |
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14 Dec 2005 01:46:06 AM |
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Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Sanity's little helper
(elvish@noshpam.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:10:23 -1000, G-Ride wrote:
I "experienced" the same thing after a fall from my bicycle as a
youth. One moment I was riding my bike and the next I was in a car
being driven to my house. And the driver was in mid-sentence, so
apparently I had been talking with him before I came to.
Did you ever find out what you'd been saying?
As long as he didn't show up at your house the following evening dressed in
a leather teddy, I suppose it doesn't matter.
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
-----
Only the atheist realizes how morally objectionable it is for survivors of
a catastrophe to believe themselves spared by a loving God while this same
God drowned infants in their cribs. - Sam Harris
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| User: "G-Ride" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Chutes Malfunction; Skydiver Lives |
14 Dec 2005 12:14:40 PM |
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"Uncle Vic" <address@withheld.com> wrote in message
news:Xns972BF1BB21501vicman@216.196.97.136...
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Sanity's little helper
(elvish@noshpam.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:10:23 -1000, G-Ride wrote:
I "experienced" the same thing after a fall from my bicycle as a
youth. One moment I was riding my bike and the next I was in a car
being driven to my house. And the driver was in mid-sentence, so
apparently I had been talking with him before I came to.
Did you ever find out what you'd been saying?
As long as he didn't show up at your house the following evening dressed
in
a leather teddy, I suppose it doesn't matter.
lol.
--
Aloha, G-Ride
"I love songs about horses, railroads, land, judgement day, family, hard
times, whiskey, courtship, marriage, adultery, separation, murder, war,
prison, rambling, damnation, home, salvation, death, pride, humor, piety,
rebellion, patriotism, larceny, determination, tragedy, rowdiness,
heartbreak and love. And Mother. And God. 'Rusty Cage' must fit in some of
these categories." - J. Cash
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| User: "Sanitys little helper" |
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14 Dec 2005 02:39:51 AM |
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On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:46:06 -0600, Uncle Vic wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Sanity's little helper
(elvish@noshpam.net) made the light shine upon us with this:
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:10:23 -1000, G-Ride wrote:
I "experienced" the same thing after a fall from my bicycle as a
youth. One moment I was riding my bike and the next I was in a car
being driven to my house. And the driver was in mid-sentence, so
apparently I had been talking with him before I came to.
Did you ever find out what you'd been saying?
As long as he didn't show up at your house the following evening dressed in
a leather teddy, I suppose it doesn't matter.
<shudder>
--
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow, we eat, drink and be merry.
D Silverman FLAHN, SMLAHN
AA #2208
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: OT: Chutes Malfunction; Skydiver Lives |
14 Dec 2005 11:23:28 AM |
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On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:31:06 -0600, Uncle Vic <address@withheld.com>
wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet stoney (stoney@the.net) made
the light shine upon us with this:
Richardson said she doesn't remember hitting the ground.
That's how it was when I punched my lights out in a fall once. I was
instantly in my bed with my family around me. 10-15 minutes of my life
were simply erased, not experienced.
"Really, the last thing I remember was talking to God," she said. "I
said, like I said, 'I'm going home. Just don't make it hurt.' And then
I don't remember anything until I was in the ambulance.
Well, there was nothing else for her to do, so why not? If I was
religious, and in the same predicament, I'd be cussing the god out.
<snip>
"You can't imagine how blessed I feel," she said. "To be alive, and
then to have my baby be healthy is just more than I could ever have
imagined or expected. I prepared for the worst and I got the best."
I can't imagine how un-blessed she was, under the control of a god who
allowed her chutes to get tangled.
Exactly.
But the stupid babbling religious are
like this, the god cannot do any wrong - or they are incapable of seeing
things that way.
Conditioning's a *****.
--
Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "Anne ONemus" |
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20 Dec 2005 05:58:45 PM |
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Uncle Vic wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet stoney (stoney@the.net) made
the light shine upon us with this:
Richardson said she doesn't remember hitting the ground.
That's how it was when I punched my lights out in a fall once. I was
instantly in my bed with my family around me. 10-15 minutes of my life
were simply erased, not experienced.
"Really, the last thing I remember was talking to God," she said. "I
said, like I said, 'I'm going home. Just don't make it hurt.' And then
I don't remember anything until I was in the ambulance.
Well, there was nothing else for her to do, so why not? If I was
religious, and in the same predicament, I'd be cussing the god out.
<snip>
"You can't imagine how blessed I feel," she said. "To be alive, and
then to have my baby be healthy is just more than I could ever have
imagined or expected. I prepared for the worst and I got the best."
I can't imagine how un-blessed she was, under the control of a god who
allowed her chutes to get tangled. But the stupid babbling religious are
like this, the god cannot do any wrong - or they are incapable of seeing
things that way.
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
-----
Only the atheist realizes how morally objectionable it is for survivors
of a catastrophe to believe themselves spared by a loving God while this
same God drowned infants in their cribs. - Sam Harris
Here's a little bit more, taking the religion "thing" a little further:
So, God sends this girl up in a plane to skydive, but he forgets to
tell her to buy health insurance first. Also, he has apparently told
her to get pregnant by her boyfriend (not husband, but boyfriend --
what a strange thing for God to do)... anyway, she jumps out of the
plane, her chute doesn't open quite right, so she cuts it. She opens
her reserve, it doesn't open right either. So she tells God,"Okay God,
I'm coming home... just don't let it hurt." But God, in his infinite
wisdom, knowing that Shayna is pregnant saves her life and the life of
the baby (was it all without pain --NO! Why oh why God are you taunting
this poor child? -- but wait a minute, her due date is in late June...
what if the baby comes early in june, say on the 6th, and won't it be
2006!
-- 6/6/6 --
Maybe it wasn't God who saved her after all.
Should someone be at the birth with some Holy Water, or something?
Also, I heard from a reliable sorce that this young skydiver believes
that God has had her life all laid out for her since the time she was
conceived. So why would he plan for her to smash her beatiful face and
subject her fetus to all the meds required for recovery. Are we nothing
more than His little pawns in this horrible chess game of life... The
evil ***** (technically correct, right, because He doesn't have a
father? Of course, he doesn't have a mother either, so, I don't know,
you figure it out.
We're born, we die, we rot.
The End
Anne
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| User: "nJb" |
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20 Dec 2005 10:18:17 PM |
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Anne O'Nemus wrote:
Uncle Vic wrote:
Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet stoney (stoney@the.net) made
the light shine upon us with this:
Richardson said she doesn't remember hitting the ground.
That's how it was when I punched my lights out in a fall once. I was
instantly in my bed with my family around me. 10-15 minutes of my life
were simply erased, not experienced.
"Really, the last thing I remember was talking to God," she said. "I
said, like I said, 'I'm going home. Just don't make it hurt.' And then
I don't remember anything until I was in the ambulance.
Well, there was nothing else for her to do, so why not? If I was
religious, and in the same predicament, I'd be cussing the god out.
<snip>
"You can't imagine how blessed I feel," she said. "To be alive, and
then to have my baby be healthy is just more than I could ever have
imagined or expected. I prepared for the worst and I got the best."
I can't imagine how un-blessed she was, under the control of a god who
allowed her chutes to get tangled. But the stupid babbling religious are
like this, the god cannot do any wrong - or they are incapable of seeing
things that way.
--
Uncle Vic
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
-----
Only the atheist realizes how morally objectionable it is for survivors
of a catastrophe to believe themselves spared by a loving God while this
same God drowned infants in their cribs. - Sam Harris
Here's a little bit more, taking the religion "thing" a little further:
So, God sends this girl up in a plane to skydive, but he forgets to
tell her to buy health insurance first. Also, he has apparently told
her to get pregnant by her boyfriend (not husband, but boyfriend --
what a strange thing for God to do)... anyway, she jumps out of the
plane, her chute doesn't open quite right, so she cuts it. She opens
her reserve, it doesn't open right either. So she tells God,"Okay God,
I'm coming home... just don't let it hurt." But God, in his infinite
wisdom, knowing that Shayna is pregnant saves her life and the life of
the baby (was it all without pain --NO! Why oh why God are you taunting
this poor child? -- but wait a minute, her due date is in late June...
what if the baby comes early in june, say on the 6th, and won't it be
2006!
-- 6/6/6 --
Maybe it wasn't God who saved her after all.
Should someone be at the birth with some Holy Water, or something?
Also, I heard from a reliable sorce that this young skydiver believes
that God has had her life all laid out for her since the time she was
conceived. So why would he plan for her to smash her beatiful face and
subject her fetus to all the meds required for recovery. Are we nothing
more than His little pawns in this horrible chess game of life... The
evil ***** (technically correct, right, because He doesn't have a
father? Of course, he doesn't have a mother either, so, I don't know,
you figure it out.
Ummm. He fucked his mother.
We're born, we die, we rot.
The End
Anne
--
Jack
bobo1148atxmissiondotcom
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