) Some cool stats-) As of 2006, only 26 people are known to have survived the jump.Those who do survive strike the water feet-first usually suffering broken bones and internal injuries. Even when a jumper is promptly rescued from the water and rushed to the hospital, most die of internal bleeding from ruptured spleens.[citation needed] Only one person has ever been recorded as having made the jump without serious injury: in 1985 a 16-year-old wrestler landed on his buttocks and swam ashore; his first words reportedly were, " I can't do anything right."
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As of 2006, only 26 people are known to have survived the jump.Those who do survive strike the water feet-first usually suffering broken bones and internal injuries. Even when a jumper is promptly rescued from the water and rushed to the hospital, most die of internal bleeding from ruptured spleens.[citation needed] Only one person has ever been recorded as having made the jump without serious injury: in 1985 a 16-year-old wrestler landed on his buttocks and swam ashore; his first words reportedly were, " I can't do anything right."