Darwin Awards winner: Man jumps out of plane, forgets parachute

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DUANESBURG, N.Y. ? A 29-year-old man leaped out of a plane at 10,000 feet with a camera but no parachute Saturday. His body was found next to a house with a damaged roof, police said.

Sloan Carafello of Schenectady, who was observing on the flight, followed an instructor, student and videographer out the door, wearing no skydiving gear, officials said.

Police said they did not suspect foul play but would not elaborate.

Robert Rawlins, pilot and owner of the Duanesburg Skydiving Club, said he was flying the single-engine plane and had begun to close the door when Carafello jumped.

His body was found next to a house west of Albany.
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reports that there were 2 body bags at the scene ...meaning the body was in more than one piece ..supposedly he was cut in half on impact

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http://capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/117669/man-falls-10-000-feet-to-his-death/Default.aspx
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364361,00.html
 
obvious attention whore is obvious (the suicide guy, not you stern)

but on a serious note, thats a pretty cool way to die.
 
Krynn72 said:
Wheres his video?
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probably wont release it because it's 2 minutes of him screaming:

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ..splat ..bounce. ..splat


not that entertaining tbh
 
if he carried the camera himself it was obviously destroyed in the fall, obviously.

Today im having an obvious tick with the word obvious, obviously.
 
Sounds more like a suicide attempt to me..
"he was just about to close the door before he jumped out" suggests to me that he wasn't actually meant to be jumping off and seized his chance to off himself in the most awesome way possible.
The video could be like, his suicide note.
An EXTREME suicide note
 
Don't they put parachutes on at the ground and don't they do last minute checks
just before leaving. It's hard for me to believe this was an accident.
In any case, it's horrible either way, especially considering how young he was.
 
Considering I'm doing a skydive jump in the summer reading this was not all together very ecouraging, especially the part saying the guy's body was found in more than one piece. However, I will be getting proper training beforehand, and the instructo will be jumping with me anyway, so hopefully nothing will go wrong...
 
I feel sorry for whoever owns the house.
 
Gray Fox said:
Don't they put parachutes on at the ground and don't they do last minute checks
just before leaving. It's hard for me to believe this was an accident.
In any case, it's horrible either way, especially considering how young he was.
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sounds like he wasnt supposed to jump but was just an observer ...fell out?




IronKat said:
Considering I'm doing a skydive jump in the summer reading this was not all together very ecouraging, especially the part saying the guy's body was found in more than one piece.
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well to be fair he did hit the edge of a house ..must have snaped like a dry twig ..what part do you think made impact with the side of the house? the top half or the lower half? ..hopefully the top half cuz death would most likely be instantaneous


IronKat said:
However, I will be getting proper training beforehand, and the instructo will be jumping with me anyway, so hopefully nothing will go wrong...
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a filmsy bit of cloth, a bunch of string, and two people tied together falling at incredible speeds ...what could go wrong?





:O



I'm kidding, happy jumping
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sounds like a suicide:

Hello. I am a jumper at Duanesburg and was at the DZ today, albeit not on this load. I was the one that called 911 and will relay what happened as I was told by the videographer and from what I know from personally dealing with him.

The observer had called several times over the past month wanting to take a ride and photograph the area for a college project he was doing, at least that is what he told me when I spoke to him on the phone. He also said he didnt have much money, so the DZO spoke to him and told him he could come out and take the photos on a load that we had a tandem going up.

He arrived at the DZ today around noon. He filled out a waiver, and I personally instructed him on what would happen in the airplane. The pilot would slow the plane, the tandem instructor would open the door, check the spot, the video person would exit, the tandem pair would exit, the pilot would close the door and he would be allowed to move and photo after that. I told him to keep on his seatbelt the entire time.

As jump run approached, the video person again instructed him to keep on his seatbelt, the tandem instructor reached over and pulled on the seatbelt to ensure it was buckled. He was sitting behind the pilot, this is a 182 wide body. the TI opened the door, checked the spot and the video person got on step. The TI moved into position, now with his back to the observer. The Tandem left, the pilot reached to close the door and the observer pushed his hand off the door handle and leaped from the plane, less than 5 seconds after the tandem the pair left the plane. It is seen on the tandem video.

The video person saw the leap from the plane as he was panning for the plane fade away shot. The observer was then seen, in freefall, snapping pictures of himself while falling back to earth. No spin, no potato chipping.. solid.

The pilot tried to grab him also, but he was out so fast there was nothing that could be done. He had a plan, and he executed that plan.

There was no note found. We dont know how he got to the dropzone as there was no unaccounted for car. We all wonder why now, and hindsight being what it is we all wonder was there something we should have seen that would have clued us in on what he was going to do.

Personally, the shock still has not worn off, and I am sure it wont for a long time. I also know that goes for all of us. The man took off his seatbelt, pushed the pilots arm out of the way and jumped to his death. We are all left with why.

I am sure I am leaving some things out and there are going to be questions that you would like answered. I am still torn by this, but wanted to get what happened out here.

Tom
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shacknews said:
Ok, Imagine you were the redhead guy from CSI Miami. You walk up to the body, you notice the damaged roof


"Looks like someone didn't pull the cord."

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh
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lol


http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/for...178;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;


Username: lollerskating

password: bugmenot
 
That would be the worst situation ever. "WHEEEEEEEEEEEE, time to....FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKK"
 
leaped from the plane, less than 5 seconds after the tandem the pair left the plane. It is seen on the tandem video.
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Way to **** up their sky dive video.

"Hey man, watch this video of me sky diving!"
"OK, sounds awesome!"
*plays*
"What the ****? Did someone just jump out without a parachute"
"Yeah, but look how awesome this is, im sky diving man!"
"But why did he jump out"
"Idunno dude, but look how funny my face looks with all the air blowing against it haha"
"Oh my god, he commited suicide? Thats awful"
*stops video*
"God damn show-stealer is what that asshole is"
 
On the bright side, this would be a great way for the owner of the house to explain to his kids why there is no santa claus.
 
There was this guy that came to my cousin's school who had lost a leg during sky diving because another guy was falling so fast that when his arm collided with his leg it torn off :|
 
CptStern said:
well to be fair he did hit the edge of a house ..must have snaped like a dry twig ..what part do you think made impact with the side of the house? the top half or the lower half? ..hopefully the top half cuz death would most likely be instantaneous
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I really, really wouldn't like to imagine!!!


a filmsy bit of cloth, a bunch of string, and two people tied together falling at incredible speeds ...what could go wrong?
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You make me feel so much better, Stern!!! :cheese:


:O I'm kidding, happy jumping
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Thankyou, anyway!!! :D
 
Holy shit, I'd pay to see that freefall video, if only it was intact/salvaged/repaired. anyone know?
 
zombieturtle01 said:
There was this guy that came to my cousin's school who had lost a leg during sky diving because another guy was falling so fast that when his arm collided with his leg it torn off :|
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WHAT?!
 
zombieturtle01 said:
There was this guy that came to my cousin's school who had lost a leg during sky diving because another guy was falling so fast that when his arm collided with his leg it torn off :|
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That is f***ing NASTY!!! :x
 
Krynn72 said:
Way to **** up their sky dive video.

"Hey man, watch this video of me sky diving!"
"OK, sounds awesome!"
*plays*
"What the ****? Did someone just jump out without a parachute"
"Yeah, but look how awesome this is, im sky diving man!"
"But why did he jump out"
"Idunno dude, but look how funny my face looks with all the air blowing against it haha"
"Oh my god, he commited suicide? Thats awful"
*stops video*
"God damn show-stealer is what that asshole is"
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look sorry, no offense

but only RJMC can pull of those awesome dialogs. just...just sit down, have some tea, and leave it to the professionals









j/k :cheers:
 
Yeh I've seena video of two sky divers colliding, one guy gets ripped in two on impact.
 
Raziaar said:
Was this the guy who had many years of experience under his belt?




Oh man... that is beyond horrible. :x Made even worse since that the other guy died.
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Man thats ****ing insane....
 
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