Related commentaries – Deliverance

A Joyful Report About David’s Deliverance – Psalms 40:1 – 40:10

How Far Can You Fall Without a Parachute?

How long a fall has anyone survived without a parachute? Believe it or not, 6,705 meters (22,000 feet)! The survivor was a Russian, Lieutenant Chisov, and he fell from his badly damaged plane in January 1942. He had the luck to fall on the edge of a ravine blanketed with snow and, because he struck it glancingly, slid as he landed. He was badly injured but survived to return to his duties. An even more incredible escape happened to Flight Sergeant Alkemade in 1944, when he jumped from his blazing bomber over Germany. He fell headlong 5,486 meters (18,000 feet), broke the fall on a fir tree and continued downwards into a knee-high bank of snow. The damage? Nil! (Encyclopedia of Illustrations #7342).