Harrowing video captures base jumper leaping 29 stories to his death as parachute fails to open
http://nypost.com/2024/01/29/news/harrowing-video-captures-base-jumper-leaping-to-death/
By Yaron Steinbuch
The New York Post
Published Jan. 29, 2024
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Chilling video captured a British daredevil unknowingly leaping to his death as his parachute failed to open during a base jump from a 29-story building in Thailand.
Nathy Odinson, 33, who posts videos of his stunts on social media, climbed atop the building in the coastal resort of Pattaya on Saturday night, the Daily Mirror reported.
A friend captured him smiling as he checks and adjusts his equipment, including a camera that he realizes is not recording so he takes off his helmet to press a button.
Odinson then checks his chute, says, “Three, two, one, see ya!” — and takes the fateful plunge.
In the shocking video, he can be heard hitting a tree and landing on the ground after the green pilot chute he was holding failed to deploy.
Paramedics pronounced him dead and an investigation into the tragic accident has been launched. Police suggested the parachute merely “malfunctioned,” while Odison’s brother blamed “user error.” ...
Apparently, he got off on physically abusing himself ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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