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Eric Dossantos woke up in a French hospital with no memory of how he got there. Then he watched the GoPro video of his terrifying wingsuit crash, and all the painful details came flooding back.
BASE jumper Eric Dossantos said he “should have died” in a recent wingsuit accident in Chamonix, France, which left him with numerous major injuries, including multiple lacerations, three broken ribs, a fractured clavicle, and head trauma among others, according to a report by Mashable.
As you can see in the video, the crash occurred when Dossantos collided with a treetop at 90mph, sending him plummeting through the branches to the ground where he remained for three hours before being rescued. He later woke up in a hospital.
“It wasn’t until about the last 5 seconds that I felt the trees below me getting closer than I expected or wanted,” he said in an interview with topgunbase. “Everything before that felt flyable to me.”
Since the late September accident, Dossantos’ friends have launched a GoFundMe campaign in hopes of raising $7,500 to help cover his medical bills, per the report. Money and medical bills aside, the dude is truly lucky to be alive.
Agencies/Canadajournal
