What is a good gift?

[89th]

Hahaha that is AWESOME. You know, for us. Maybe not so much for him.

[Mik]

Yeah, not so much for him. But then he will have one helluva a story to tell.

[jon-nyc]

Tragedy + time = comedy.

[Jolly]

Good thing the guy wasn't hurt badly. Sometimes you can get hurt while ejecting...

[Aqua Letifer]

@Jolly I was thinking that too. My cousin was a fighter pilot. Broken bones are always possible.

[George K]

I used to work with a surgeon whose brother was a F-16 driver. He punched out once, said it's the scariest thing in the world, and it makes you think that dying was perhaps a better alternative.

[brenda]

At 64, he still bent to peer pressure? I'm rather surprised by that. At 16, yes, but at 64?

His coworkers didn't know him too well.

The good news is that at his next physical examination, when the doc orders a stress test, this guy can say, "Been there, done that, survived!"

[Axtremus]

Ride of a lifetime.

[Copper]

I believe the story, but it is hard to believe. Ejections usually come with good stories.

I worked with a guy who was blown out of a B-52 over Hanoi, he ended up in the Hilton with 2 broken legs, an amazing story of survival

I worked with another guy who ejected from an F-105 over the Moroccan desert and wiped out most of a small village. The Air Force rebuilt it, the village, not the jet.

[mark]

Crazy shit. I also wonder about his lack of fortitude as it applies to peer pressure.