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Parachute use to prevent death: a review of Randomized Controlled Trials (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
3 points by compiler-guy 25 days ago
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You have some small probability of surviving a fall without a parachute

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Magee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Alkemade

and a small probability of dying with one