Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!att!cbnewsh!hosmsb!msb From: msb@hosmsb.ATT.COM (Mike Balenger) Newsgroups: rec.skydiving Subject: Re: DeLand Bounce Message-ID: <1991Mar13.212936.17812@cbnewsh.att.com> Date: 13 Mar 91 21:29:36 GMT References: <2665.27DCE250@ehsnet.fidonet.org> Sender: msb@cbnewsh.att.com (michael.s.balenger) Reply-To: msb@hos1cad.ATT.COM (Mike Balenger) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories -- Holmdel, NJ Lines: 42 In-Reply-To: SKYDIVE@f15.n233.z1.fidonet.org's message of 10 Mar 91 20:02:07 GMT >>>>> On 10 Mar 91 20:02:07 GMT, SKYDIVE@f15.n233.z1.fidonet.org (SKYDIVE) said: SKYDIVE> Reply-to: Dave.Appel@p30.f30.n231.z1.fidonet.org (Dave Appel) SKYDIVE> Fido-To: nick di giovanni SKYDIVE> In a message to All <07 Mar 91 13:05> Nick Di Giovanni wrote: ND> We arrived in DeLand the day after and they told us it was a ND> 160-way and this guy was the only one out. He hit Sally Weiner ND> (sp?) and I talked to her about her sore shoulder. Scotty Carbone ND> chased the guy to about 700-feet and almost got him. SKYDIVE> That sounds like something Scotty would do. Yeah, but in his defense, I have seen him *PAY* for extra jumpers to assist him with safety concerns in a jump from a caraboo. He paid $15 X 3 (or 4), and ended up jumping a 3000. He was going throught the "bomb bay door" between the pilots, and needed help to make sure that he didn't hit anything or have anything hit him. A photographer went out the back door in synchrony to photograph the dive. Pretty neat stunt, but also a pretty expensive way to get a dive from 3 grand. It's tought to say what *YOU* would do in the situation until *YOU* are actually there, so please refrain from judging other's motives or capabilities. You may have tried, and bounced with the guy. You may have tried, and gotten ground rush at 2 grand. You may have saved him, but still bounced. YOU DON'T KNOW!!!!!!!!!! Don't be so quick to condemn a guy who *SURVIVED* an attempt to save the life of one who *DIED*. This is real life, not a mini-series. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael S. Balenger (908) 949-8789 AT&T Bell Labs M_Balenger@att.com Room 1L-405 FAX: (908) 949-7512 msb@hos1cad.att.com Crawfords Corner Road att!hos1cad!msb Holmdel, NJ 07733-1988