Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!bb1v+ From: bb1v+@andrew.cmu.edu (Barry Lowell Brumitt) Newsgroups: rec.skydiving Subject: Re: news reporting Message-ID: Date: 23 May 91 13:59:42 GMT Organization: Class of '91, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 22 Well, here's the scoop: Dan Rossi called Karen Gates this morning to find out... Jill held onto the pilot chute too long, and the bridle wrapped around her arm. She was only able to pull the cutaway far enough so that one riser released as the force from the pilot chute on her arm was too great. At this point she must have lost track of altitude, and never got around to pulling her reserve. She went through trees and landed in a swampy area. Her only injuries were a couple of compressed vertebre, and she should be up and walking in a few days. She landed with a horseshoed main and no reserve, and will be up and about shortly. To say "She's one lucky girl" doesn't even begin to tell the story. This is all I know, and there may be mistakes, but this should be reliable. Barry ps. Apparently the media has been all over this, and her calls are being screened.