If you’ve ever seen what a static line does do to a bicep you’ll understand just how tough this trooper is/was. I went to a Jump School taught by 3/7 SFG in Panama (81 ish) The SF O3 that gave our pre-jump briefing before our first jump removed his ‘blouse’ and showed his upper right arm. He had been towed a couple years earlier. I’ll never forget that sight.
If he had not been is such a hurry to un-ass the aircraft the Jump Master (the last man out the door on the starboard side) would have noticed the low hanging static line and stopped. All kinds of bad can happen when you go out the door while a trooper is being towed.
Gotta love the Air Force, the female ‘Load Master’ has her head so far up her ass that the trooper was lucky to have survived. How in the world did someone think that it was a good idea to post a 5’7″ woman in the position she’s in? She can’t even reach the cables.
Toward the end of the video the Safety (the man handling static lines as folk go out the door) can be heard giving instructions and you’ll note they were complied with immediately and without question. That’s what adult supervision looks like.
By the way, the last few seconds of the video shows a slow motion replay of how it is that the static line became mis-routed.