It looked easy in class
Our daredevil heroine wants to remain anonymous, so let’s just call her our “Electric Angel.” So Angel made her first skydive this week outside Los Angeles. The ill-fated parachutist is a student at Skydive Elsinore and was making her inaugural jump Monday using her own canopy, according to Josh Hall, the skydiving facility’s general manager. “The parachute opened properly and was in perfect working order. At some point during the parachute descent, the jumper became confused and flew away from an open target landing area and into power lines.” The woman said after her rescue that she was trying to avoid another set of electrical lines when she wound up getting ensnared in power lines on Croydon Street in Riverside, CA. “She got kind of disoriented, she said, and turned the wrong direction and ended up getting caught on top of a live power pole with high-voltage power lines, and she was hanging next to the transformer.” Fire Chief Roberts said his crews respond to skydiving incidents regularly. This is the second time in a year they have responded to incidents of a skydiver becoming stuck in power lines after miscalculating a landing. He does not know how the skydiver avoided electrocution, “but she did,” he noted.
Riverside County Fire Department found the unfortunate skydiver dangling from the SoCal Edison’s high-tension electrical lines above the street level. “She was just up there chilling, which was surprising because that’s pretty scary.” Firefighters had to wait about 40 minutes for utility workers to cut power to the wires to avoid electrocution during the rescue operation. Once the power was off, the rescue company pushed a hydraulic ladder up to the women and a firefighter got her out of the harness and walked the woman down the ladder to safety. Angel said she is “not sure” how she survived but was “super thankful.” Reflecting on her harrowing ordeal, she said: “it was very, very scary, but I was trying not to panic.” She was evaluated at the scene but refused further treatment because she did not sustain any injuries. When asked if she would consider taking to the skies again after her brush with death, the skydiver sounded skeptical. “I don’t know if I’m going to jump again,” she replied. “Probably not.” The skydiver did not sustain any injuries from the accident.
Sky diving for a charge
What is the hardest thing about skydiving?
The ground.
Why do skydiving companies have excellent reviews?
Because it was awesome for the people who survived.
How many successful jumps do you need to do to join the parachute club?
All of them.
Just because nobody complains
Doesn’t mean all parachutes are perfect.
April 11th Birthdays
1984 – Kelli Garner, 1948 – Ellen Goodman, 1939 – Louise Lasser, 1974 – Tricia Helfer
1994 – Marcus Johns, 1913 – Oleg Cassini, 1931 – Rupert Murdoch, 1982 – Matt Ryan