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Willing to Jump

By: admin | Date: May 5, 2012 | Categories: history, stories

In his book One Crowded Hour, Tim Bowden describes an incident in Borneo in 1964.  Nepalese fighters known as Gurkhas were asked if they would be willing to jump from airplanes into combat against the Indonesians.  The Gurkhas didn’t clearly understand what was involved, but they bravely said they would do it, asking only that […]

Please, Don’t Drop Me

By: admin | Date: February 28, 2012 | Categories: humor, stories

Several years ago, Randy Reid, a 34 year-old welder~ was working near the top of a newly constructed water tower outside Chicago when he slipped and fell 110 feet. Barely missing rocks and debris, Reid landed in a six-foot pile of soft sand near the base of the tower. Coworkers called 911, and within minutes […]