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Thanks I started looking online about skydiving because of the way the owner spoke to us when we called yesterday. He said my husband got freaked out end of story. He was not willing to go into detail. We just wanted to understand. Since reading your response I see why the reserve would have been pulled vs the main chute.

I thank you for your reply. I am not fishing or looking for money. My husband went out right after and bought the instructor a bottle of his choice of vodka to thank him for saving his life. The instructor stayed calm and did what needed to do. I don't know a thing about skydiving. I just wanted to know if this kind of thing happens on a regular basis. We are just trying to understand what happened. When I called the business to ask, it was all put on my husband. I don't know if we will ever know the real story I guess. Thanks again for your reply.

My husband did his first jump this past weekend. It did not go well and am trying to figure out why. I called the company and they said it was my husbands fault. He freaked out when it was his turn to jump. They were free falling for about 7 seconds. The drogue was deployed. When this happened it wrapped around the instructors leg. He was able to get it free from his leg and realized it wasn't filling with air. He pulled the reserve chute because the pull cord for the main chute was gone. I'm not understanding how all of this happened in a matter of 7 seconds. My husband says he was not freaked out and didn't realize anything was wrong. The owner said it was all due to my husband freaking out and the instructor felt safer deploying the reserve chute versus the regular chute. There was no pull cord to pull for the regular chute. Not sure what to do. I really think more happened then what is being said. My husband and the instructor had to get a ride back on a guys golf cart because they landed very far away from the drop zone. On the way the instructor told my husband there was no cord to pull and the owner was going to be upset it was lost Would love to hear from experienced jumpers on this Thanks

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