[ WP ] You jump . Your parachute does n't open .

`` Okay, do n't panic'' I said to myself with all seriousness. It did n't work. I was already panicking. `` This would happen to me. Of all people, me. Just my luck!'' I had always wanted to sky dive, and today was my first solo jump. I thought it would be a blast, and it had been. Until this point of course. The view was breath taking, but still I was only getting closer to the inevitable splat that would be my demise. All I could do was think `` Man, this really is it huh?'' And then my survival instincts kicked in. I refuse to go down ( quite literally ) without a fight! Some strange knowledge crept into my mind; something I'd read years ago in a Dan Brown Novel. Angels & Demons! `` That's it!'' I thought. In the book, Robert Langdon, our hero, was falling from a helicopter. Just like me! Letssee, One square yard of fabric slows your descent by 20 %. Where can I get fabric...? I began trying to unbuckle my harness and parachute. Remember now, This was all going on during a free-fall which does n't last all too long., so it happened super fast. I had half of the thing undone and was just starting to slip my left arm out from under the shoulder strap when I noticed a neon orange handle `` Emergency Chute'' it read. Quickly I secured the strap back around my arm, reached up and pulled. What happened next was simply incredible.
