A 39-year-old dude went bungee jumping and after plummeting 10 stories down…the cord broke.
‘I opened my eyes and I was surrounded by water’
The dude’s name is ‘Mike’ and he was on vacation in Pattaya, Thailand, with a friend earlier this year when the incident happened.
The Changthai Thappraya Safari and Adventure Park has a wide range of activities including zip lines and live-round shooting.
Mike initially decided to go to the firing range, but on a whim he decided to take the plunge and try bungee jumping. Mike jumped from the platform and just feet from the bottom, the bungee cord snapped.
“It was really high so I closed my eyes. I planned to open my eyes again when I bounced back up,” Mike told CNN. “I realized the cord had snapped when I opened my eyes and I was surrounded by water.”
Mike was knocked unconscious when he hit the water and was left covered in bruises from the fall.
“I landed on my left side so the injuries were more serious there,” he said. “It was as if someone just beat me up real bad.”
Thankfully, Mike was able to come up to the surface and swim, even though his feet were still tied together by the lower part of the bungee cord.
“If the person doesn’t know how to swim, he or she will be in big trouble,” he admitted.
Adventure park founder Nithit Intim claimed that this was the first time he had seen a cord snap.
“After the cord was broken, our staff got [Mike] out of the water immediately, and asked him if he was OK,” he told CNN. “[Mike] said he felt bruised. So we took him to the hospital.”
Even though Mike signed a waiver with the company, they are going to pay for medical expenses.