Bungee Jumper's Cord Snaps And He Incredibly Lives To Tell The Tale

An adrenaline junkie is fortunate to be alive after his bungee leap went disastrously awry.

The bungee wire snapped after the person, recognized as Mike from Hong Kong, leaped from a 30-meter-high podium on the Changthai Thappraya Safari and Journey Park in Pattaya, Thailand, final month.

Mike, who was on trip with buddies, smashed into the water from a five-meter peak. He blacked out however quickly got here round. Employees helped him out of the lake, reported The Straits Instances.

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“It was actually excessive so I closed my eyes. I deliberate to open my eyes once more after I bounced again up,” the person advised CNN, which shared the video on-line Wednesday.

“I spotted the wire had snapped after I opened my eyes and I used to be surrounded by water,” he recalled. “I landed on my left facet so the accidents had been extra critical there. It was as if somebody simply beat me up actual unhealthy.”

Mike returned to Hong Kong and was hospitalized with a lung an infection, which he stated was possible attributable to ingesting the soiled water within the lake into which he had unexpectedly plunged.

The park refunded his entrance ticket and coated the price of his rapid medical care in Thailand, Yahoo Information Australia reported. His journey insurance coverage coated the remainder. Mike is now submitting a grievance in opposition to the park.

Bungee leap operator Natthaphon Yokcharoen apologized, telling The Straits Instances: “Thappraya Safari has been open for seven years and nothing like this has ever occurred. All of our tools is licensed. I want to apologise for this incident.”