it was just the weirdest thing i had ever experienced in my life. when rick reaches shayna, she s barely conscious, and while her injuries are horrifying, miraculously, she s alive. i broke nearly every bone in my face, from the right side of my cheek all the way to the left side, the whole midsection of my face, eggshelled, shattered, broke everything, broke the front top five teeth out of my mouth. i broke my pelvis in three places and i broke my right leg below the knee, but the majority of the damage was done to my face. during the drop, shayna goes into panic mode when she thinks her main chute has malfunctioned. she quickly deploys her backup chute, only to find that isn t working either. pump the brakes! i was pumping the brakes, i was pumping the risers, i was pulling, i was doing everything that i could physically even imagine doing. it just wasn t going to fix, and then it was just horrifying to realize that i had no other backup. there was no other options. shayn
while her injuries are horrifying, miraculously, she s alive. i broke nearly every bone in my face, from the right side of my cheek all the way to the left side, the whole midsection of my face, eggshelled, shattered, broke everything, broke the front top five teeth out of my mouth. i broke my pelvis in three places and i broke my right leg below the knee, but the majority of the damage was done to my face. during the drop, shayna goes into panic mode when she thinks her main chute has malfunctioned. she quickly deploys her backup chute, only to find that isn t working either. pump the brakes! i was pumping the brakes, i was pumping the risers, i was pulling, i was doing everything that i could physically even imagine doing. it just wasn t going to fix, and then it was just horrifying to realize that i had no other backup. there was no other options. shayna remembers the last moments before she hit the ground. the last thing i remember in the air, we were just letting go of
things about what was going on. i know it is going to be there. it s just that she doesn t feel like talking about it yet. things she has actually said while she is sleeping that make me want to cry. she admits she kind of panicked and didn t deploy the initial chute and then pull her backup chute. what about skydiving regulations? none there are none. that s the problem. this is thing is self-regulated and you go to most skydiving centers and they require you to be 18 years old because when you sign the waiver, it s legally enforceable. the reason that the family took mckenzie to oklahoma frock them home in texas is because they allow you to jump at 16 in oklahoma, and it was her 16th 16th birthday. now, the united states pair pair shooting association sets up guidelines and jumpers and they re not mandatory and not
doctors say she s recovering from multiple fractures and a torn liver and a kidney. the trip, by the way part of her sweet 16 birthday present. lea gabrielle is back. how do you fall half a mile and live to tell about if? makenzie wethington s family say she and her father spent six hours practicing early in the day. the father went first. after he landed, he saw her falling. she spiraled the w and couldn t reach up and pull the backup chute. her vertebra broke in half. her pelvic bone completely split in half. she has more broken bones in her back. she has two broken ribs. her teeth. now, she says her sister is now breathing on her own and talking on her own as well. she also claims an instructor was supposed to jump after
it was just the weirdest thing i had ever experienced in my life. when rick reaches shayna, she s barely conscious, and while her injuries are horrifying, miraculously, she s alive. i broke nearly every bone in my face, from the right side of my cheek all the way to the left side, the whole midsection of my face, eggshelled, shattered, broke everything, broke the front top five teeth out of my mouth. i broke my pelvis in three places and i broke my right leg below the knee, but the majority of the damage was done to my face. during the drop, shayna goes into panic mode when she thinks her main chute has malfunctioned. she quickly deploys her backup chute, only to find that isn t working either. pump the brakes! i was pumping the brakes, i was pumping the risers, i was pulling, i was doing everything that i could physically even imagine doing. it just wasn t going to fix, and then it was just horrifying to realize that i had no other backup. there was no other options.