Jim Latrache

Again, because of my coordination is not that good.

I never really learned to do that proper.

So the first time we went up to a plane because in the end of those three weeks, uh, training, we should do seven jumps over two days.

I remember that, uh,

When we were ready to go up in that plane, I mean, I didn't feel good, but I thought, okay,

will come of course that you will get over it but again i thought okay if i should be the last one to jump out then i have to stand in the plane and think about oh when is my turn when is it my turn and when is my turn so okay what about if i'm the first one so i moved myself up so i i was the first one who came up and it's like a hercules so you go up in the back

And you attach yourself in the ceiling because the parachute opens automatically.

If you can imagine, you have a backpack on and then you have a bag over your parachute.

You attach it to a line in the plane.

So when you jump out, it pulls the bag off and the parachute comes out.

I was ready.

We all sat down.

The plane took off.

And in the heights of between 300 and 350 meters, they open the door.

Just that is fucked up.

And you have to imagine you fly with like 300 kilometers per hour, everything in you say this is just stupid.

So an adjutant, that's the rank of the soldier, he just stood in the door, he took a doll with a parachute, threw it out and that's to test like the wind direction and stuff like that.

and that is on he he said he said okay stand up we stood up he said to me okay come and stand in the door there's a red light and a green lamp and right now it's red when it becomes green you jump i said yeah yeah okay how hard can that be and i was standing there and i remember while standing there i was like this is such a bad idea i mean everything is in you say

you should not jump.

The light turns green and I froze.