>http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=317524
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>Snippet:
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>Strapped to his dying instructor a few thousand feet from the ground on his first skydive, Daniel Pharr found himself floating toward a house and some trees.
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Read that on MSN last night..... scary!!!

If there is a bright side, at least the instructor pulled the ripcord BEFORE he passed... could you imagine trying to find the ripcord and it being probably behind you? I wonder if there is a failsafe ripcord for the student, just in case????