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Skydiver knocked out in midair

James Lee is a very lucky man. He was diving out of a plane with some friends when he was was accidentally struck and knocked unconscious by another jumper. The other skydivers realized something was wrong and came to his help. They gathered around him making sure his parachute would open. James woke up under his canopy just moments before hitting the ground, a true miracle. James says he feels blessed that they realized something was wrong, had they not, he would have died that day.

+ Who

James Lee a 25 year old was taking part in a sky-dive jump when just seconds after leaping from the plane he was hit by another skydiver.  The blow knocked him out and sent him hurtling towards the ground uncontrollably.  Thankfully two other skydivers noticed something was wrong and chased after their unconscious colleague.  After realizing he was unresponsive the two men managed to roll James into a more stable position and deploy his parachute for a safe landing. The Telegraph, the most popular UK newspaper on YouTube, published this video.

+ Where

The video takes place in Wiltshire, which is South West England.  It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire. In this video, it takes place in the air above Wiltshire as a group of people jump out of an airplane for a sky diving excercise. 

+ What

(00:05) We see the group jump from the plane beginning the sky diving activity. (00:10) we notice that after the jump, James had been hit by another diver and was knocked out. (00:17) we see the wind and pressure of the air knocking his helmet camera around slightly. (00:19) Words are displayed on the screen telling us what happened to James to put him in danger. (00:31) the other sky divers circle around James and are trying to get in to position to help him get his parachute deployed. (00:42) they realize James isn’t responding and are working quickly to deploy his parachute with one of them grabbing on to his arm to steady himself. (00:50) Another sky diver grabs James’s other arm and does the same, by the time a third sky diver has realized something is wrong and is coming to help. (00:56) Two more sky divers see that everyone is gathered around James and float over to see if they can help as well. (00:58) The sky diver on the right makes a hand motion to the other telling him to reach for James’s rip-chord on his parachute. (01:07) The Parachute is deployed and James beginning slowly floating torwards the ground. (0:1:10) James wakes up underneath his canopy. (01:27) James lands safely on the ground. 

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