To: Beelzebubba
The cord probably broke under strain, which means it had absorbed some of the energy from her fall. She probably didn’t hit the water all that hard.
25 posted on
01/08/2012 1:12:35 PM PST by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: driftdiver
Whatever it absorbed prior to the snap, it gave her 4 seconds to gain 88 mph from the speed at which it held her.
34 posted on
01/08/2012 6:30:49 PM PST by
Atlas Sneezed
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