@historybyhumans: In December 2006, veteran British skydiving instructor Michael Holmes survived a near-fatal 15,000-foot freefall over Lake Taupo, New Zealand, after both his main and reserve parachutes tragically failed.   Plummeting at speeds exceeding 100 mph, he captured his own final goodbyes on his helmet camera before miraculously crashing directly into a dense thicket of wild blackberry bushes that cushioned the catastrophic impact.   Credit: Michael Holmes and NBC News

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