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BEST ANSWER  chosen by asker   |  carriep  |  February 03, 2009 01:02 PM
I sincerely hope that I would have had the presence of mind to take control of the situation like Mr. Pharr did.

I think that, perhaps, I would be able to steer the parachute in a similar situation. I know from TV and movies that there are those hand toggles used to steer the chute, and I'd probably start gently to see how my actions would affect the parachute's trajectory.

I would also say that tandem jumpers should get a brief tutorial on how to steer if an emergency comes up in the future. Just some guidelines if they are required to step in, even though that situation is rare.


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deanmachine777  |  February 03, 2009 06:43 AM
I kind of doubt it...I've gotta believe his army training came in handy. I'd like to think that since I would have already watched a training video, and the chute had already been successfully deployed, that I would have been able to steer us down to safety, but apparently there are a lot of things he could have done wrong in the process. So my answer -- hopefully, but very likely not!
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