# Are people who jump off buildings... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 6, 2001, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-who-jump-off-buildings/85808 "2001-10-06T18:14:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![shine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shine)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-who-jump-off-buildings/85808/21 "2001-10-13T00:12:04Z")
Concur with CurtC… During freefall, the sensation is very much wind in the face / noise in the ears - no passing out, unless maybe it was from pure fright. Curt, are you a fellow skydiver or was the break on a tandem jump?? ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-who-jump-off-buildings/85808/22 "2001-10-13T00:13:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scampering gremlin \* > **Most first time skydivers experience sensory overload. They often have no recollection of the free fall afterward.** I’ll attest to that. My first couple of jumps were “night jumps” even though they occured in the daytime. I have no recollection between “Go!” and “I’m under a canopy.” I don’t see any reason why just the act of falling alone would kill someone. I do think, though, that the sensory overload mentioned above probably “anaesthetized” them somewhat. I hope so. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-who-jump-off-buildings/85808/23 "2001-10-13T04:49:24Z")
shine wrote: > [@](#): > > Curt, are you a fellow skydiver or was the break on a tandem jump?? It was a tandem jump. My one and only. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-who-jump-off-buildings/85808.md?page=1)