“Even af­ter his parachute opened, Tyler Stark sensed he was coming down too fast. The last thing he’d heard was the pilot saying, ‘Bailout! Bailout! Bail–‘ Before the third call was finished, there’d come the violent kick in the rear from the ejector seat, then a rush of cool air. They called it ‘opening shock’ for a reason.

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“All the people who had been demanding intervention went nuts after we intervened and said it was outrageous. That’s because the controversy machine is bigger than the reality machine.” (>>)