PalmettoTiger 1 #1 March 21, 2002 A whuffo friend of mine said he'd heard that 4 people jumped out of the WTC on 9/11 and survived. I told him I seriously doubted it and why (massive fires = massive turbulence, would have been interviewed over and over again by nat'l. media, would have been mentioned in Parachutist or Skydiving, etc.). But, all the same, he's unconvinced. So - did it happen, or am I right in discounting it?PTigerI'm stepping through the doorAnd I'm floating in a most peculiar way Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 6 #2 March 21, 2002 Myth. You are correct in your statements. Press would have been all over it by now. We know what happened to people pretty well who died on those flights. He doesn't think we'd know more about people who survived?Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
axe96bam 0 #3 March 21, 2002 I think you are right also. The press and media would have been talking about it non-stop. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #4 March 21, 2002 True, they'd have been a guest on Good morning America and had already sold their story to the EnquirerI'm not talking about your pig tails, I'm talking about your sex appeal.... hit the road and I'm gone.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coconutmonkey 0 #5 March 22, 2002 Yeah, there was alot of media directed to the possibility of BASE type rigs designed for hi-rise escape systems (whuffo proof rigs) but nothing about anyone jumping (with rig). Never forget them... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
divejunky 0 #6 March 22, 2002 Hay, I am new to all this skydiver lingo. What is a whuffo exactley? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #7 March 22, 2002 Someone who doesn't skydive who might say, "what for you jump out of a plane". Of course, that's someone who has poor English!AndreaThe brave may not live forever, but the timid may not live at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coconutmonkey 0 #9 March 22, 2002 Whu-Fo you jump outta dem airpanes? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magistr8 0 #10 March 22, 2002 Yeah I can confirm your story. The victums that jumped that day may have landed alive but with the breaking of bones and sheer blunt force trauma from the landing combined with the building collapsing on them there are no survirors that made it. I know this is bad news but it is the truth. Who ever said comming down from a high was bad obviously never tried this.Magistr8 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #11 March 22, 2002 actually magistr8 (this is me just joking about the way you typed your post)all the survivors made it...thats why they call them that.(how's that for facecious?!unfortunately there were so few survivors and none of those who jumped were labeled as such!getting high is fun, but coming down is the best partJT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kmcguffee 0 #12 March 22, 2002 From what floor? I saw a few guys jump from the first floor windows. .......................OK, I'll shut up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites