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it s hard to believe it s me, but it is. nearly a year passes before a family member posts the video online, and an overnight sensation is born. did you get injured based on the way you were hanging there? i just got a few bruises and a scraped knee. every channel, there would be aunt verne. jeannie your aunt verne is dangling from the sky. to think i ve lived a fairly normal, quiet life and then all of a sudden explodes. it s kind of exciting. laverne and dennis remain in contact. and after examining the video, he now knows what went wrong regarding laverne s loose harness. i overestimated laverne s physical abilities and underestimated her physical limitations. when we re sitting in the plane, they seemed to be tight. the hip junction. so, as we got up and then you squatted down, that s when it
SafetyFamily-memberOvernight-sensationWayChannelSkyKneeBruisesAuntLuverneAunt-verneLaverne-everettLaverne and tandem master dennis mcglynn are the first pair scheduled to jump. two fellow instructors shoot the adventure using helmet cams, one from inside the plane and the other hanging on to the fuselage outside the plane s door. once they get to the door, laverne s entire body tenses up. yeah, it was spooky when you get to the door. i got to the edge, and it was just hard for me. after a few moments of trying to pry her hands from the doorway, someone gives them a boost. laverne and dennis go tumbling through the sky. dennis tries to stabilize them, but something isn t right. i knew my top harness fell. i didn t know if it fell off, down or what, but i knew it slipped. that s all i knew. her jacket covers her face, shielding her vision. i don t know what would have happened if i could have seen the shape i was in. probably was a blessing, actually. mcglynn has made more than
OneLaverne-everettDoorPlaneInstructorsAdventureBodyLaverneDennis-mcglynnChangingFuselagePairWas exposed, they weren t as tight as it could have been. laverne s knees collapsed in the door. she ended up in a squatting position. when she was squatting down all the way, the harness fell down about the knees. when i went over the top of her, it basically tried to pull the harness over top of her. i didn t even conceive of that happening, and i ve been jumping a long time. you re a tough lady. there s no doubt about that. i was there those five minutes and nobody else was there. laverne is just thankful to walk away from her perilous plunge. and because it was caught on camera, future skydive instructors now have a visual to help prevent a situation like this from happening again. other people will learn from this. it s going to be indoctrinated into the learning instructing. when you become a tandem instructor, you will see this video. and if dennis has his way, he d like to take laverne up again and do it right. that s a big void in my career now, that i wasn t able to d
WayDoorHarnessKneesWeren-tLaverneTopSquatting-positionSquattingCameraLaverne-everettInstructors8,000 jumps and has never experienced anything like this. a nearby instructor is shooting the action. a desperate mcglynn hails him for help. i was aware of what was happening. i looked over at the camera guy, hey, i could use a hand here. the leg straps were coming up past the knees. came in, we were able to get the leg pads down below the knees again. once laverne s knees were secured in the harness, dennis pulls the rip cord, thousands of feet sooner than anticipated. dennis and laverne grasp on to each other the entire ride down, locking hands for more than five grueling minutes. meanwhile, back on the ground, everyone who s jumped after laverne has already landed. it was great! and then i look way over to the right, and i see somebody coming down really slow. with their bottom hanging out and their feet almost touching their head. and i m freaking out. laverne and dennis land in a nearby field.
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