What is the farthest someone has fallen and lived?

Vesna Vulović (Serbian Cyrillic: Весна Вуловић, pronounced [ʋêsna ʋûːloʋitɕ]; 3 January 1950 – 23 December 2016) was a Serbian flight attendant who holds the Guinness world record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute: 10,160 m (33,330 ft; 6.31 mi).

At what height will you break your legs?

The median lethal distance for falls is four stories or 48 feet, according to there reference book Trauma Anesthesia. This means that 50\% of patients who fall four stories will die. It doesn’t take much of a fall to cause damage.

What’s the highest someone has fallen and lived?

Does a man die when he falls from a tall building?

Falling does not kill you. Stopping is what kills you. , applied neurophysiologist. Originally Answered: If a man falls from a tall building, does he die before reaching the ground? The person will remain fully conscious and in mortal terror all the way down until they hit the ground.

What happens to your body when you fall down hard?

If your knees and elbows are locked and your muscles are rigid, the impact of the fall will do more harm to your vital organs. Don’t hold yourself stiff. Do your best to relax your body so that when you hit the ground your body is more easily able to take the impact.

How hard is it to die in free fall?

It’s really hard to die while you are in “free fall”, ie, falling freely through the atmosphere. One scenario in which you can die in free fall is that you are so high up (say above 100,000 feet or about 30 km) that the intense cold and lack of oxygen will kill.

How high can you fall into water without dying?

Water is only safe to fall into up to around 150 feet (45.7 m); past this height it will be little better than falling on cement as it cannot be compressed. Falling in water also presents the high risk of drowning (since you will most likely be knocked unconscious).