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December 14, 2005

Pregnant Woman Survives Chute Accident

"I Prepared For The Worst And I Got The Best"

To say that Shayna Richardson feels lucky to be alive would be an understatement -- times two. The 21-year-old Arkansas woman started skydiving back in May, and was on her first solo jump two months ago when the unthinkable happened: her parachutes -- that's plural, both the main and the reserve -- failed to open fully. Her instructor caught the whole horrifying ordeal on tape as she spiraled to the ground, before landing face-down at 50 miles per hour in the airport parking lot.

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