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CryptoPunk on Oct 16, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: I Fell 15,000 Feet and Lived

44% is a big difference. Given the damage his body sustained, I think he would have certainly died if the kinetic energy hadn't been reduced by that magnitude. Every other story I've heard of someone surviving a fall from these kinds of heights involved a parachute not opening but remaining attached.

brazzy on Oct 16, 2017 [–]

Here's one that involved the entire plane seat rather than a parachute: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliane_Koepcke

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