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Old 9th Nov 2014, 06:43
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First quotes from surviving pilot, via his father:

Space pilot: I came to on the way down ...and gave thumbs up to a passing aircraft to say: 'I'm OK!'* | Daily Mail Online

‘He doesn’t remember anything from the actual crash. He came to during the descent. He must have woken up about halfway down. When he was on the way down the chase plane was circling him and he was waving and giving the thumbs-up to indicate he was all right while he was dangling from the parachute.
‘He’s recovering at home. He broke the head of the humerus bone that sits in the right shoulder. He’s got a rib and lung contusion and there is an issue with his eyes because of the cold. It was around minus 60 degrees up there.'
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