I thought I was going to be killed. The casualties were so heavy, it was just a given. I learned to take each day, each mission, as it came. That's an attitude I've carried into my professional life. I take each case, each job, as it comes.
The highest recorded fall without a parachute happened in 1972 at 33,333 ft. The victim, vesna vulović was in the hospital for 16 months after the fall.