Trapped Under the Abyss: 37-Degree Water and Malfunctioning Gear
The Naval Aviation Ready Room Podcast with Legends and Leade... por The Naval Aviation Museum
Notas del episodio
The explosive force of hitting the sound barrier at nearly 700 MPH was just the beginning of Kegan Gill's fight for survival. Left with a broken neck, shattered arms, open leg fractures, and severe internal bleeding, Kegan plummeted into a 37-degree Atlantic swell. To make matters worse, his emergency beacon and automated parachute release systems malfunctioned, leaving him paralyzed and tethered to a sinking parachute dragging him into the dark blue abyss.
Part 2 dives deep into the high-stakes chess match of his rescue, from his flight lead thumping a fishing vessel to get help, to a rescue swimmer making a rogue, game-time decision to bypass Navy protocol to save him from hypothermia.
But the true battle began after the trauma surgeons pieced him back together. Kegan recounts waking up from a two-week coma to the devastating news t ...