This is a tough one, because unless you are a pilot you can't really appreciate what this guy did. He was sucked into a thunderstorm largely because he let his skydivers leave before it was too late. Forecasting thunderstorms is an art, not a science. He couldn't know in advance that this would happen, only that it "might". When the updraft began pulling them into the cloud, keeping their weight on the balloon may have saved his life, but it would have put the skydivers at increased risk. He chose to let them jump, knowing that there would be no way to save his own life with that much ballast gone. What a guy!
http://www.mysouthwestga.com/news/story.aspx?id=731945
Bystanders Lift a Burning Car Off a Motorcyclist
Bystanders Lift a Burning Car Off a Motorcyclist (Photo Credit: WDBO TV)
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