Parachutist Survives 15000 Foot Drop

[ZoeeSavX]

What a god damn troll!

[paz2001]

Fucking boss.

[Marcoj24]

Goodbye! Lmfao great he lived

[nosajetah]

I don't how he didn't die from the spinning. It made me sick just watching that.

[DethsBytch]

Lolz aint no thang, i free fall like that all the time...WITHOUT pussy ass bushes to break my fall. Peace

[Justchillin145]

@BenReillyUK with what smart ass the only thing you're thinking in that situation is i'm going to die

[moses2721]

"I'm going to die"

"bye"

[winky4u]

Wow! that`s not normal.

[MacGyver920]

Michael Holmes is British, not New Zealand.

The description.

[chikifree]

WHAT THE FUCK.

[bigfarts1234]

wow i couldnt belive the feeling that your just waiting to die and hit the ground at that kind of speed. Man thank god you survived with minor injuryies, i would probabaly crap my pants and be very scared hahahahaha... congrats on the survive man and be safe for the other skydives that you will attemped.

[shaunabee86]

aghhh....i did my parachute jump with him few weeks ago!! good to know if all went wrong id survived!! ha ha

[crazygamer3D]

@shaunabee86 You wouldn't. He was very lucky.

[skydive037]

Wow i just saw You on National Geographic Channel (Indonesia)

[Darkt3e2]

Commando Pro

[cbohar84]

That blackberry bush deserves a medal and a hero's parade!!

[christian1337leet]

why didnt he liberated his chute and opened the emergency chute??

[Killerdude888]

can someone get me the interview, i cant find that video anywhere...

[Cla908]

Listen closely at 2:02 he farted

[BenReillyUK]

@Cla908

That was the sound of him shitting himself. I don't blame him.

[irfan123100]

u can't jump out in 15000 feet :O i tought minimum was 11000 ft o.o

[MrSEEbeeARE]

@irfan123100 nope. im pretty positive that civilians can jump from a max of 30,000 feet. with o2 of course...

[irfan123100]

@MrSEEbeeARE they will be injured

[bkaza]

damn nature, you scary

[apoxnp]

kommando pro.. gg

[Fireball69]

blackberry bushes?? jesus those things are covered in thorns..ouch

[JodiHan28kyo]

@Fireball69 yep it hurts but if you watched the whole story on Nat Geo. i think you'll be amazed on how those bushes absorb the force of that impact :)

[SteeZins6]

couldn't you just pull the cord that cuts off the main chute and deploy reserve?

[commandHQ123]

@SteeZins6 he said it was tangled in his harness? 

[getfreelanced]

@SteeZins6 kinda late... but if you watch the movie, he pulled the rip cord. It failed due to being tangled around his harness.

[wtfanman60]

15000 feet is the same as falling from 1000 (or even less) because he reached terminal velocity. Much like how house cats falling out of tall buildings have the same survivability from 20 stories and up, but from 10-20 they die at a much higher rate because they don't get the time to try to "float" and slow down, less than 10 stories they haven't reached a super lethal speed yet. Anyways the chute still slowed him down a bit. This is much like a truck crash into a brick wall at 65mph.

[TEHTYMEKITTEH1]

YOU SUCK OLBERMAN

[kartchamp47]

Like if you saw this on "Indistructibles"

[81morningdove]

That's our ALMIGHTY GOD!

[imdan1182]

that dude was the calm as hell falling...waving to the camera and checking to see how high he was....good job staying calm and surviving

[LeanderRandom]

"You're OK?" "No I just fell 15000 feet to the ground you idiot! What do you think?"

[manimgoindowndown]

How is this possible!?

[NessPKThunder]

Holy shit. Nature must love this guy.

[KaptKan1]

@NessPKThunder All the laws of nature say he had zero chance of survival; God must love this guy.

[akukamulaen]

i feel dizzy

[Barsam37]

"British Fall???" HE IS FROM NEW ZEALAND BITCH

[NCairsoftZoMbiES]

he got a punctured lung and broken ankle...

[specialkaye87]

HOOK KNIFE HOOK KNIFE HOOK KNIFE!!! THAT IS WHY YOU CARRY A HOOK KNIFE!!! They're like 40 bucks on paragear.com, no reason you shouldn't have one!

[BewareEraWeb]

@specialkaye87 "We carry a small knife to cut the parachute lines if necessary but there was no way I could reach them. I was being thrown around like a rag doll, spinning in the air so quickly that I was nearly blacking out."

[specialkaye87]

@BewareEraWeb my bad, I didn't realize the spin was that intense, what kind of canopy were you using? was it a line-over or a break-fire that caused it? A friend of mine had break-fire during a wingsuit jump last week and she wasn't able to chop until about 3,000ft. I use a prodigy II and the pants actual cover up the hook knife on my harness

[nosajetah]

@specialkaye87 I don't sky dive or know anyone that does but I was thinking while watching this "why wouldn't you carry a knife on your leg just in case this happens?" Glad to know I wasn't the first person to think of this.

[surferdudette19]

..Then skip to 1:53 " .. I'm dead. Bye ! "

[surferdudette19]

Skip to 0:37

[CaptWindShear]

Funny things, violent accidents that you survive and have some time to appreciate what's going to happen. What I found interesting is that he did not disassociate himself from the event. He said "I'm dead", in first person. When I had a prang at 180 kmh on a CBR 600, the last thing I said to myself out loud while heading straight for a wall was "you are dead this time, mate", in third person. I wonder if anyone has ever written anything on the psychology of accidents?

[yellowmustang71]

sorry but i don't see how this is possible. Either Michael Holmes is the secret identity of Wolverine, or this is a scam, or god intervened himself

[pjunior06]

"I'm dead...bye" ?? really?? I would have been screaming "FUCK, FUCK, FUCK!!! OH SHIT!!! OH NOOO!!!" and freaking out like a motherfucker till I hit the ground lol

[WRP813]

@pjunior06 OMG, you made me truely LOL. He did say, "Oh, Shit" though.

[pjunior06]

@WRP813 haha I didn't catch that part, I still think this dude had the calmest reaction ever for someone whose about to die Lol :)

[alvaroism1]

@pjunior06 fuck that shit id be crying he was very calm its actually scary to me

[tyty926]

aim for the bushes

[swampwater55]

@tyty926 the other guys reference?

[fuunguus]

That must be so scary!!! I wonder what he thought after he landed and still was alive. I'd probably thought oh fuck here comes the pain!!! KILL ME!

[zero187x]

Damn that looked like it must have been fun. Not only do you beat everyone else to the ground, the ground beats you!

[emailsucksass7354]

those bushes saved his life

[DaBaltimoron]

"Are you okay?"

"No."

Hahahaha!

[smokingbandit67]

What control, he managed to keep his composure enough to say goodbye and wave, while staring his fast approaching death. That my friends, is a man. broken ankle or not.

[234234234werrrrrrr]

So how injured did he get?

[SOUNDMODE1]

Michael Holmes is from Jersey in the British Isles, not from New Zealand, although the accident happened there.

[raween]

Wow, lucky man!

[uTube52963]

The brushes broke his fall

[flyaspimp]

Its was actually 12,000 foot drop or 2.2 miles.. He tried to release his parachute at 5,000 ft above ground and it didnt come out.. But my question is why would you ask someone who just landed from a 12,000 ft drop.. " are you ok? " oviously he aint lol

[BranFlakes7st]

he should of drank red bull LOL

[milackk7]

"Ughhhhhhhh,hhhhhh,hhhhh" ....."Thank you, bush"

[Jorell1000]

Broken ankle... Oh and his right lung collapsed... his organs were bruised, and he almost died on the way to the hospital. Dumbass reporter. Lol.

[Shabercom]

@Jorell1000 Donno where you got your info from but thats far from wrong. He only shattered his ankle. Bruised organs dont be a bitch and man up ^_^ LOL

[Jorell1000]

@Shabercom Maybe you could Google Michael Holmes and read the articles. As you said it is far from wrong.

[rhork65]

Poid Plume pro

[TheExodd]

"I'm Dead, Bye!"

"Yo dude, you okay?"

"I hurt my ankle".

Lol. It's pretty shocking how his parachute failed, and he's a really lucky man. :]

[MachinimaMulti]

they say 5000ft in the video, on the title it says 15000ft but then th e news reader said 2miles??? make your fucking mind up

[elodsisc]

that was gangsta....that is some real commando son

[lukeman3000]

Are all you guys stupid or what? If you're going to make queer and cliche call of duty references, at least learn how to spell COMMANDO correctly! YouTube doesn't put the red squiggly line under words for no reason!

[cowsonaplane]

comando pro

[Holmezbx]

2 miles isn't 1500 feet bonehead. more like 6-7 thousand. I'm not saying its not badass, because it is, just don't over exaggerate it like that.

[operana]

@Holmezbx The video says 15,000 :)

[Holmezbx]

@operana that's what i meant.

[robnixon515]

@Holmezbx 2 miles is 10,560 feet, bonehead. I think the actual distance he was diving from was about 12,000 feet.

[Holmezbx]

@robnixon515 ooooh, my bad. still a heck of a lot less than 15,000

[SiMetPL]

@mangemang did you took into account air friction?

[mangemang]

Check video!!! 530ft @ 1:46, impact @ 2:01 = 530ft in 15 sec = 35ft/sec = 24,31mph! That constitutes a full 34,7% of the claimed fall velocity of 70mph.. It is the equivalent of a free fall from roughly 20ft.. How nobody could pick up on this is WAY beyond me..

[michaelmckay63]

@mangemang Thanks Sheldon.

[Jorell1000]

@mangemang Narrator mistake. He was still going 70 mph...

[AntiHeldinSu1]

in german tv there is a ducumentation at the moment, its so intresting

[CornyCorn55]

He was using comando pro.

[leemarvinuk09]

OMFG! Horrifying! Imagine watching your inevitable death slowly getting nearer and nearer! You one seriously lucky man!

[mangemang]

@leemarvinuk09 "inevitable death SLOWLY getting nearer"

[TheCanadamerican]

That was a close one!

[tudortoomey]

the gurgling sound as he impacts is a punctured lung

[shakejunt84]

Chuck Norris doesn't fuck with Michael Holmes

[OniRecordsNZ]

Dear MSNBC reporter. Please learn the difference between the British and New Zealander's. The accent is the first giveaway.

[makikomi]

The newman is wrong - in the film he is referring to, the aviator had to bail out of a burning BOMBER, not a Spitfire.

[MikeScott521]

because people care

[eviscero]

"Are you ok?" LOL

[minusyouandme]

He is basically pulling a Mel Gibson, "Asshole."

[puppetless]

Broken ankle! Heartless newsreader!

[Olejoss1906]

impressive

[dolcone]

Broken ankle ! hahahahahahahaha

[lostbeyondretrieval]

nice ;)

[PronounceCow]

wow that is so sick