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Skydiver who survived 14,000ft plunge without parachute thought she was 'in heaven'

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A skydiver who plunged 14,000ft without a parachute and survived has told of her thoughts during the terrifying fall.Emma Carey was 20 when she and her instructor jumped out of a helicopter in the Swiss Alps in June 2013.

Emma, from Australia, told the Darling, Shine! podcast how she was “loving it” when she first jumped and fulfilled her dream of skydiving.She described feeling a tap on her shoulder and crossing her arms as instructed.

At that point, the instructor was supposed to pull the parachute.But Emma felt her hair being “ripped backward” and began calling out to the instructor, asking if they were OK but got no response.

She assumed he was doing everything he could, but then saw the “scrunched-up parachute” in front of them.Emma said: “I thought 100 per cent like this is it.

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