160: Sue's parachute failed

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

On October 24, 2015, Sue was with her daughter Jessica, who was 14 years old at the time, and her friend Elise. Sue and Elise were skydiving buddies, and they were doing what they often did on a beautiful Saturday morning – they were going to go jump out of a plane. Since she was 14, Jessica wasn’t yet old enough to jump – but she just liked being with her mom and hanging out at the drop zone. The weather was beautiful, and everything was going fine, until Sue got to about 5000 feet. She tried to make a quick turn just before landing, and things went terribly wrong. Obviously, Sue made it through that ordeal. But to say she “survived” is a huge understatement. She came back stronger than ever. This is a Flashback episode. Sue originally told her story on the podcast back in 2019. After you hear about her skydiving crash, I’ll play a recent conversation I had with her about what’s going on with her now. Spoiler alert – she’s still doing some amazing things. Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/160 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/whatwas and get on your way to being your best self. Go to Seed.com/WHAT and use code WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to rakuten.com or get the Rakuten app to start saving today! To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.com/WHATWAS Head to factormeals.com/wwtl50 and use code wwtl50 to get 50% off! For a limited time, save $10 on your first StoryWorth purchase when you go to StoryWorth.com/what Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Glass Fox Media Podcast.
0:07.0	On October 24, 2015, Sue was with her daughter Jessica who was 14 years old at the time and
0:19.2	her friend Elise.
0:21.5	Sue and Elise were skydiving buddies and they were Elise were skydiving buddies, and they were doing what they often did on a beautiful Saturday morning.
0:28.0	They were going to go jump out of a plane.
0:32.0	Since she was 14, Jessica wasn't yet old enough to jump, but she just liked being with her mom and hanging out at the drop zone.
0:40.0	The weather was beautiful. Everything was going fine until Sue got to about 5,000 feet.
0:48.5	She tried to make a quick turn just before landing and things went terribly wrong.
0:57.0	Obviously, Sue made it through that ordeal, but to say she survived is a huge understatement.
1:04.0	She came back stronger than ever.
1:09.0	This is a flashback episode.
1:11.0	Sue originally told her story on the podcast back in 2019. After you hear about
1:17.0	her skydiving crash, I'll play a recent conversation I had with her about what's going on with her now.
1:24.0	spoiler alert, she's still doing some amazing things.
1:30.0	Real people in unreal situations.
1:37.0	There is a girl hanging by her broken leg from the telephone wire.
1:42.0	And I call 911 and I'm sad. her broken leg from the telephone wire.
1:42.8	And I called 911 and I said, I found a baby.
1:46.3	I turned around.
1:47.7	I see a gun pointed at me close enough.
1:49.8	I could touch it.
1:50.8	She would hold our heads on the water all the time.
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