would you leave your wife in a burning balloon to save yourself?

[brainhulk]

Someone hasn't been laid in awhile.

And you call me a prude, brainhulk?

post a pic of your self in a three point landing and i'll let you have your ATOT card back

 

[Ketchup]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnfbhdELQLA

The fun starts at 1:12

 

[Josh123]

Was there not a valve they could have shut off or something? I'm not familiar with hot air balloons so......ya.

 

[Zeze]

post a pic of your self in a three point landing and i'll let you have your ATOT card back

pfft ATOT card, I got like 20 of those lying around.

have you seen my man card though?

 

[T9D]

The thing exploded in flames. I think it's assumed everyone would get out as fast as possible. I think it said 9 other people were jumping out too. Plus if you don't get out you might be in the way of others getting out.

It's like if a shark is in the water and coming at you everyone just gets the flip out, you're not thinking you need to make them swim.

 

[Red Storm]

It's like if a shark is in the water and coming at you everyone just gets the flip out, you're not thinking you need to make them swim.

Spoken like a single man.

So if you had kids and were in the water when a shark shows up you'd just abandon them and swim yourself to safety? :|

 

[Sonikku]

would you leave your wife in a burning balloon to save yourself?

Depends. Is she pregnant? No? Then yes.


Yes? then still yes.


Seriously. Fuck her. My survival is paramount.

 

[desiplaya4life]

Depends. Is she pregnant? No? Then yes.


Yes? then still yes.


Seriously. Fuck her. My survival is paramount.

I bet she doesn't surf this board, your man card here clearly works.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Spoken like a single man.

So if you had kids and were in the water when a shark shows up you'd just abandon them and swim yourself to safety? :|

Shark is one thing. You usually have some sort of warning.

If the flying contraption you're in suddenly bursts into flames and explodes, self preservation instinct doesn't have time to rethink things.

 

[Apple Of Sodom]

"That's the coward who left us to die!"

 

[JTsyo]

Based on this incident, I figure 19/20 of the posters here would be frozen in the balloon and would get neither their SO or themselves out.

 

[gorcorps]

Spoken like a single man.

So if you had kids and were in the water when a shark shows up you'd just abandon them and swim yourself to safety? :|

You've already proven you can make kids, so just make more. Plus you have fun doing it.

 

[KeithTalent]

I would grab her and jump out together, or I would push her out first if both of us jumping was impossible. It's been ingrained in me since I was very little to save the SO/family member/kid first, then try and save myself.

KT

 

[BurnItDwn]

I can't say for sure, but I'd like to think I would push her out as I was jumping.

 

[Baked]

Man, that guy and the pilot are huge, they were the anchors of the ballon. If they had stayed on the basket, the ballon wouldn't have flown away. But as soon as they jumped, the ballon went out of control from the absence of anchors.

 

[stag3]

I would have Googled "How to fix hot air balloon gas leak" on my phone, fixed the leak, saved the day and went down as a hero.

lol like a boss

 

[Jeffg010]

How come everyone is saying you have to save your wife? How come she is not smart enough to jump out too? Everyone acts like he should of saved her but she did not jump her fault.

 

[Midwayman]

I bet the tour company is really mad about their balloon. People are replaceable. Balloons cost money.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Men and captains first!

 

[KeithTalent]

How come everyone is saying you have to save your wife? How come she is not smart enough to jump out too? Everyone acts like he should of saved her but she did not jump her fault.

Your job as a husband is to protect your wife and family at least that is how I was raised.

KT

 

[Red Squirrel]

In such a fast adrenaline rush situation I'd probably just say "we need to jump off!" and jump. No time to discuss or try anything. A 20 foot jump would be hard to take though, definitely break something, but better than dying.

It may sound selfish but in a life or death situation I will save myself if I know I wont make it if I try to save someone else. If everybody else does the same, most people should survive.

 

[Red Storm]

Your job as a husband is to protect your wife and family at least that is how I was raised.

Same.

 

[QueBert]

had he jumped even 2 second later it would have been a much higher. 20 feet's doable, 40+ is really pushing it.

 

[Farang]

The real story here is the pilot jumping out so early. Not knowing all the details, hard to see how that is excusable. As the pilot when you jump you're dooming anyone left in the aircraft, therefor it's your responsibility to get them off before you go.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I would grab her and jump out together, or I would push her out first if both of us jumping was impossible. It's been ingrained in me since I was very little to save the SO/family member/kid first, then try and save myself.

KT

Same. I'd think of her before myself.