Jordan was aware that she had gotten into problems, with the parachute tightly wound around her leg and hurtling towards the relentless earth beneath her. All she could do was brace for impact. The date was November 14, 2021, Jordan had been readying herself for one more skydive again.
She was no expert in the field by any means, yet she had completed at least twelve successful dives previously. However this skydive would be different from those she had jumped earlier.
With her brother plus two other dogs following behind her, Jordan on her way to the hangar for diving session because that is what excites him most; it’s his passion.
But before they even left home together he began to feel some form of unease which made him tell Jordan that perhaps today wasn’t good enough day to make the jump but she didn’t listen him saying “everything will be okay.” Jordan loved taking part in dangerous activities because she loved living dangerously.
she loved extreme sports, from skydiving to rock climbing and bungee jumping. However when one approached her to try sky diving solo without any instructor, she always declined saying “I am not done yet; I have ten more jumps left before I become a real skydiver.
Jordan would never forget the first time she tried skydiving. She was flying over Tanagra military airport on board a Pilatus PC 6 Turbo Porter Tibetan airlines plane operated as a skydiving station because Jordan wasn’t afraid.
“The duo were in free fall, and they were descending hundreds of meters at a time. At a speed of 200 kilometers per hour, skydivers were transported by air currents to the spot where they wanted to land. According to Jordan, she felt invincible.
Both of them decided to track away from each other so that their parachutes would not come into contact with each other. However, Jordan soon discovered that she was actually at a lower level than she’d initially thought. She deployed her parachute in a little bit of a panic.”
Instead of jerking her upward and slowing the pace of the fall, the pilot chute wrapped around her right leg. However, the main parachute was still inside the bag. Instead of opening the reserve parachute, Jordan attempted to untangle the one wrapped around her leg. In addition, she wanted her shoes removed but were double-knotted hence making it hard to do so. By now, Jordan could clearly see the ground. It seemed as though she was going to touch down hard in agony if not death.
Suddenly, the main chute somehow slipped out of the bag and inflated. This gave Jordan a sense of relief as she steered toward a grassy area for an unconventional landing. However, things soon took a turn for the worse.
The pilot chute and main chute started pulling in opposite directions, causing Jordan to accelerate. She hurtled toward the ground even faster than before. After a violent crash landing, she woke up on the grass in excruciating pain. All she could do was scream.
Recovery
She tried to will herself to get up but couldn’t. She prayed she wasn’t paralyzed.
Five minutes later—though it felt much longer to Jordan—help arrived. They called the paramedics, who got there within the hour. They administered ketamine to help with the pain and airlifted her to the hospital.
While Jordan didn’t die, she didn’t escape unscathed: she suffered a spinal injury that caused a fluid leak, which could potentially lead to meningitis. She broke her shin, shattered her ankle completely, and was paralyzed from the waist down.
When she asked the doctors if she would ever walk again, none could give her a definitive answer.
Still, three months after the accident, she defied expectations and began walking again. Since then, she’s even hiked to Mount Everest base camp.
Moreover, Jordan fully intends to skydive again in the future.