NicknameInCollege
NicknameInCollege t1_ir1ywwo wrote
Reply to comment by 10ebbor10 in Skydiver dies in Florida after 'parachute malfunction,’ authorities say by Thetimmybaby
There was a death at this very same dropzone in 2017 that was initially thought to be accidental until his wife shared that he left her a message insinuating a suicide.
This was my primary dropzone and I knew the man who died. He used to help pickup jumpers in the field and drive the truck back in. I was very shocked by the suicide, as he was always pretty chipper when I saw him.
A very renound skydiver, Carl Daugherty, also died here after a midair collision that caused a hard landing. He was my instructor and last I knew of he had over 17,000 recorded jumps. If there was one man who knew how to regain control of a parachute, it was Carl, but alas the final one proved to be impossible to overcome.
This DZ has a history of notable deaths, and when you're there people will tell you that if you die you're an asshole because you'll ruin jumps for everyone else.
NicknameInCollege t1_ja1fyfi wrote
Reply to The hell was woody up to? by bpick32
Somebody shat in the watering hole