Can’t Hurt Me_ Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds @betweencovers

to avoid clipping Gearen, but it didn’t work. Gearen had no clue what was
coming when his teammate flew through his canopy, collapsing it on contact,
and slammed into Gearen’s face with his knees. Gearen was knocked
unconscious instantly and wobbled into another free fall, his crushed chute
creating very little drag. The other skydiver was able to deploy his chute and
survive with minor injuries.
Gearen didn’t really land. He bounced like a flat basketball, three times, but
because he’d been unconscious, his body was limp, and he didn’t come apart
despite crashing into the ground at 100 mph. He died twice on the operating
table, but the ER docs brought him back to life. When he woke in a hospital bed,
they said he wouldn’t make a full recovery and would never be a pararescuman
again. Eighteen months later he’d defied medical odds, made that full recovery,
and was back on the job he loved.