In a recent thread, they shared their near-death experiences, recounting the moments when luck, quick thinking, or sheer coincidence spared them from a tragic fate. From parachute falls to near-drownings, read their incredible stories below and give your favorites an upvote. Leather_Ad6525 , Ernys Report
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So, just how dangerous can some activities be? To find out, Bored Panda reached out to u/MightyKittenEmpire2, one of the Redditors who shared his near-death experience. On his fifth skydiving attempt, things took a dramatic turn when his parachute failed to deploy. As he plummeted from 5,000 feet, it wasn’t until he reached 400 feet that it finally opened. Throughout the fall, u/MightyKittenEmpire2 remained focused on his training. “There’s a multi-step procedure to deploy the reserve chute that I had practiced over 200 times,” he shared. “It was a chant that, 40 years later, I can no longer remember.” However, knowing the steps doesn’t mean you can fully control the situation. “My feet were tangled in the cords, leaving me hanging upside down, and the partially deployed main chute caused me to spin rapidly,” he explained. “I was laser-focused on the process, with no time to think about anything else.” DirtyWritin , JC Gellidon Report
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“I thought I had yelled and cursed the whole way down,” admitted u/MightyKittenEmpire2. “I vividly remembered doing just that. But a news crew filmed me from the ground, there to capture a jump competition later that day. Their footage showed me repeatedly mumbling the chant to deploy the reserve. My training kicked in.” Despite the harrowing experience, u/MightyKittenEmpire2 wasn’t deterred from skydiving again. “I made one more jump to prove to myself I could overcome my fears,” he said. “It went well. As a poor college student, I decided I didn’t have enough money to get good, and being bad wasn’t a viable long-term plan.” Extension-Magician44 , Zbynek Burival Report
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According to the British Parachute Association, once a skydiver is fully trained, the average injury rate is just 0.25 injuries per 1,000 jumps (or 1 in 4,000), and the fatality rate is under 0.6 per 100,000 jumps (around 1 in 168,000). In the United States, the US Parachute Association reports an average of about 18 skydiving deaths per year over the last decade, with an estimated 3.9 million jumps in 2022 and around 20 related fatalities. While these statistics classify skydiving as a high-risk sport, they put things into perspective—jumping with a parachute is actually much safer than driving a car. According to Esurance, your odds of getting into a car accident are about 1 in 366 for every 1,000 miles driven. For many of us, driving is a daily activity, and that’s something to consider. Ultimately, whether we find ourselves in a life-threatening event often comes down to statistics. As for whether it was fate or luck that saved u/MightyKittenEmpire2, we may never know for sure, but he refers to it as a fortunate happenstance. spiderfishx , Robby Fowler Report
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