When Marine Second Lieutenant Walter Osipoff was boarding a plane on May 15, 1941, he didn't know yet that the flight would almost become his very last. Shortly after the takeoff, an accident that no one could have predicted left the man dangling high in the air, tangled in his parachute and hanging from the aircraft's tail in midflight. It was another regular sunny morning in California, and everything was calm at the North Island Naval airbase. There were no warning signs to the drama that was about to unfold in just a couple of hours. His parachute's ripcord got tangled with the automatic-release cord of the cargo cylinder, and the next thing he knew – his parachute was deploying inside the plane! Other videos you might like:
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The unthinkable thing that happened to Walter Osipoff 0:30
What the plane's pilot decided to do 2:57
Two men who were ready to try the impossible 4:35
The rescue operation 5:52
How the story ended 7:51 #truestory #survivalstory #brightside SUMMARY:
– Walter Osipoff was getting ready for a routine parachute jump. – Most of his men had already jumped out of the aircraft when Osipoff decided it was time to send the cargo packs through the hatch.
– With one of the leg-straps and the chest-strap broken, Osipoff's parachute got wrapped around the DC-2's tail wheel. – Luckily, the seasoned parachutist knew well enough not to release the emergency chute.
– The only thing the man could think of was to keep his eyes tightly squeezed and his arms and legs crossed against the violent wind.
– The first person who figured out that something had gone wrong was the plane's pilot, Captain Harold Johnson. – Unfortunately, there was no radio on board, and Johnson couldn't call for help.
– Inside the airplane, the rest of the crew were struggling to find a way to pull Osipoff back to safety, but all their attempts failed since they couldn't reach the man. – But just when it seemed there was no hope for a happy ending, Lieutenant Bill Lowrey looked up at the sky. – Before, Lowrey and McCants had never flown together, but both were ready to try the impossible.
– Lowrey and McCants were flying at an altitude of 300 feet, right under the dangling parachutist, but the air was too bumpy to attempt an approach. – Osipoff was in pretty bad shape as well, and blood was already dripping from his helmet. It meant that Lowrey and McCants had to act fast and precisely. – Even though Lowrey was doing his best to keep the plane in the necessary position, they were desperately running out of time. – Miraculously, both planes were still flying, and Osipoff was still lying horizontally on top of the fuselage. Besides, during the collision, the biplane's propeller cut through the shroud lines, and the planes were free to land! – Osipoff, who was taken to the hospital after enduring his nightmarish 33-minute flight, made a complete recovery.
– After his release 6 months later, he returned to parachute jumping and got promoted to First Lieutenant. – As for Lowrey and McCants, both men got the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary heroism. Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz
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