December 13, 2005
Splat!

Of course, this would happen in Arkansas:

SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. - Shayna Richardson was making her first solo skydiving jump when she had trouble with her parachutes and, while falling at about 50 mph, hit face first in a parking lot.

Although badly hurt, she survived — and doctors treating her injuries discovered she was pregnant. Four surgeries and two months later, Richardson said she and the fetus are doing fine.

Jumping out of perfectly good airplanes is bad, mmkay?

Posted by scott at December 13, 2005 02:10 PM
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Well, it wasn't like she had shoes to weigh her down on the descent - she could hit a lower terminal velocity that way. That and no teeth to potentially lodge in her brain...

Posted by: ronaprhys on December 13, 2005 04:54 PM

This was her 10th jump. She was interviewed on CNN this morning. She is very articulate, wearing shoes and had all of her teeth. Ron, don't forget I am flying into BWI and am visiting the Johnsons from 12/24 through 12/30. I keep a brick and a baseball bat at Scott and Ellen's place.

Posted by: Pat on December 14, 2005 10:38 AM

Of course, "very articulate" by Arkansas standards means "uses adjectives occasionally," so...

Seriously, though, I'm glad she and her baby are doing okay. Nice tale of survival.

"Adverbs? Them's like female adjectives, right?"

Posted by: Tatterdemalian on December 14, 2005 12:00 PM
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