Airman Cristopher Jackson, outside chute, 80th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, watches Airman1st Class Zaria Hopkins, 82nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron aerospace physiology technician, during the parachute simulation at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 17, 2018. Although the parachute is designed to be able to be breathed through the participants would want to get out of there as quickly as possible. To add to the fear of sinking along with it, participants also agreed that the claustrophobia it induces is a factor that could add to the panic if it every hap

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Airman Cristopher Jackson, outside chute, 80th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, watches Airman1st Class Zaria Hopkins, 82nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron aerospace physiology technician, during the parachute simulation at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 17, 2018. Although the parachute is designed to be able to be breathed through the participants would want to get out of there as quickly as possible. To add to the fear of sinking along with it, participants also agreed that the claustrophobia it induces is a factor that could add to the panic if it every happened in a real emergency situation.

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