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Jumper dangles 8 hours from tower
Matt Elofson-Staff writer
RENNERT - The skies were unfriendly for two skydivers who suffered mishaps in separate incidents in Robeson County on Sunday.
Bryan John Klindworth, 25, of Apex, illegally jumped from a 1,500-foot radio tower in Rennert, catching his parachute on a guide wire from the radio tower and dangling for eight hours before rescuers got him down. Klindworth jumped from atop the 400-foot WKML 95.7 FM radio tower in a form of skydiving called BASE jumping. BASE is an acronym for Building, Antennae, Span, Earth.
Klindworth was not injured in his jump, though he was charged with misdemeanor first-degree trespassing by the Robeson County Sheriff's Office. Justin Westcot Thomas, 24, of 3201 Joanne Drive, Raleigh, who was with Klindworth but didn't jump, was also charged with misdemeanor first-degree trespassing.
David Bryan Wallace, 39, of Hope Mills, wasn't nearly as lucky as Klindworth. Wallace broke both his legs and his back while skydiving in Parkton.
Wallace was injured while skydiving at Skydive Parkton off of Little Marsh Road. John Hayes, the owner of Skydive Parkton, said the accident occurred when Wallace initiated a low turn close to the ground, hitting the ground at about 50 or 60 mph.
Wallace was airlifted from Skydive Parkton with a Black Hawk helicopter and was initially taken to Womack Army Hospital, and later transferred to the University of North Carolina Medical Center in Chapel Hill. Hayes said Wallace, who is retired from the U.S. Air Force, is an experienced skydiver with more than 700 jumps and is a licensed skydiving instructor.
Difficult rescue
Hayes said Klindworth works for him as a paid parachute packer at his skydiving school.
Bruce Meares, deputy commander of Lumberton Rescue Squad, said it took more than 20 workers from four squads to safely rescue Klindworth. Meares said the incident was reported about 9:15 p.m. Sunday and Klindworth was lowered safely to the ground at about 5:30 a.m. Monday.
"It's one of the worst rescues I've ever had to oversee, because it took so much time and manpower to get him down safely," Meares said. "I've never experienced anything like it.
"His life was actually hanging by that parachute, if it had come unwrapped from the wire he would've likely suffered a fatal injury."
Meares said about five rescue workers climbed the tower and used an elaborate harness to get Klindworth to the ground. The Lumberton, Red Springs, St. Pauls squads and a high angle rescue unit from Wake County responded to the incident.
"He told us he'd done it in the dark because he didn't want anyone to see him and didn't want to get caught," Meares said. "He just said he did it for fun."
Klindworth refused to comment, other than saying he doesn't plan to BASE jump again.
Thomas said he didn't jump from the tower and was there in case something went wrong.
"Sometimes people just do crazy things," Thomas said.
Meares said Klindworth refused treatment after his rescue, though he did thank to his rescuers.
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