Fernando Cervantes Jr. The death of a man in the Grand Canyon was ruled a suicide after he fell 4,000 feet from a viewing platform. The incident happened on June 5 at about 9 a.m. at the Grand Canyon Skywalk.
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But not for Victoria Cilliers. The 4,000ft (1,200m) fall caused by her husband tampering with her parachute resulted in several broken bones, but not death. Hers is far from being the greatest height from which someone has dropped and survived.
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Even if you enter feet-first in a straight, vertical line, and like a pencil, that impact can be strong enough to compress your spine, break bones, or give you a concussion. The force of the water can knock people unconscious on impact, and even if you survive, you may drown.