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About
the Film:
"My stepfather, Dan Skarry, was an avid skydiver. In 2001,
he joined 22 other skydivers for a formation dive.The divers leapt
from the plane, and as they grasped each others hands, Dan convulsed
and began to plummet through the sky. His backup chute automatically
engaged at 1000 feet, landing him in the grassy yard of an Emergency
Medical Technician who was out gardening. The EMT went to work
on Dan as his friends called 911. Minutes later, a helicopter
transported him to the nearest hospital. He was dead on arrival.
I don't know if we are given any choices in the moment of our
death, but it seemed as if Dan was given a pretty good chance
to stay alive. I think that maybe he decided that flying was the
way to go. He went up and really never came down." —
Kia Simon
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