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| Jumper survives 6,000ft free fall | Jumper survives 6,000ft free fall |
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| A skydiver from Staffordshire has survived a 6,000ft free fall in Russia without his parachute. | |
| James Boole, from Tamworth, said he was supposed to have been given a signal by another skydiver to open the parachute, but it came two seconds too late. | |
| Mr Boole, who was filming the other skydiver for a television documentary, landed on snow-covered rocks and suffered a broken back and rib. | Mr Boole, who was filming the other skydiver for a television documentary, landed on snow-covered rocks and suffered a broken back and rib. |
| "What went through my mind was my wife and my daughter," he said. | "What went through my mind was my wife and my daughter," he said. |
| "I really thought that I was going to die - incredible feeling of sadness and just how unfair that was." | "I really thought that I was going to die - incredible feeling of sadness and just how unfair that was." |
| Mr Boole said he could not make sense of his survival | Mr Boole said he could not make sense of his survival |
| Mr Boole, who has made 2,500 jumps, is now back at home in a body brace. | Mr Boole, who has made 2,500 jumps, is now back at home in a body brace. |
| He said: "(The other flyer) took us so close to the ground where I thought I was dead. | He said: "(The other flyer) took us so close to the ground where I thought I was dead. |
| "When I finally looked at the ground and realised how low I was, I knew there was no time for me to get a full parachute above my head. | "When I finally looked at the ground and realised how low I was, I knew there was no time for me to get a full parachute above my head. |
| "For the first 48 hours after the accident I thought maybe I am dead and this is some kind of after-life limbo, or some other reality, because I couldn't make sense of it - how I was still here to come through this?" | "For the first 48 hours after the accident I thought maybe I am dead and this is some kind of after-life limbo, or some other reality, because I couldn't make sense of it - how I was still here to come through this?" |
| His wife, Kristina, who is also a skydiver, said: "For the moment I'm thinking just of him to recover, so not about jumping or anything like that. | His wife, Kristina, who is also a skydiver, said: "For the moment I'm thinking just of him to recover, so not about jumping or anything like that. |
| "But yeah (I) would like him to stop doing that." | "But yeah (I) would like him to stop doing that." |