WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
There are opportunities which we have in life — but if we hesitate too long they are gone. You may have seen the article carried by AP about Dianne Williams, a 5th grade teacher who was skydiving with some other skydivers. Apparently she was trying to join three other divers in a hand-holding formation. Unfortunately, she slammed into the backpack of another chutist and was knocked unconscious. This caused her to tumble head over heals like a rag doll toward the ground at a speed of 140-160 miles per hour. Fellow sky diver Gregory Robertson noticed that Dianne was in trouble so he straightened into a vertical dart, arms pinned to his body, ankles crossed, head aimed at the ground in what parachutists call a “no lift” dive. He was like a dive bomber plummeting towards the ground (and Dianne) at 200 mph. At 3500 feet, about 10 seconds before impact Robertson caught up with Williams. He managed to pull the…
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