My brother has been in Airborne training now for a few weeks. I talked to him for a little bit last Saturday and he was excited. The would be jumping on Monday. Well, he jumped on Monday all right. Of the group he jumped with a girl died. Details here. He had to witness this as she jumped right before him. Can you imagine such a thing? He was pretty shook up about the whole deal, not surprisingly. Anyway, he also hurt is knee during that jump. To give you a little background, when he was younger he had a 4-Wheeler accident and had a body cast and his knee in traction. He just thought maybe he landed wrong or something, so he didn't say anything. So on Tuesday when they jumped again, he hurt it worse. They sent him to the doctor and they did x-rays. He didn't break it, but told him he couldn't jump again b/c they were afraid he'd totally trash it. So now he can't finish his Airborne training and he leaves next Wednesday and has 2 days to report to Ft. Hood, TX. He's going to come home for a day before he heads to TX and might even get married on that short visit. Yeah, he's planning on getting married to a girl he was engaged to before he left for boot camp. When he came home over Christmas they got back together and in order for her to move w/ him they have to be married. Although there is a waiting list for married housing so she can't go yet, but you have to be married to get on the list.
Reality set in a while ago when I realized how easy it would have been for him to grab that chute and it could have been him whose chute didn't open. Yikes!
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