had a beer with some old school friends on Friday night. One is now a air force pilot, who’d just spent the day dropping 120 paratroopers out of his plane. of the 120, one broke his back and one broke his leg. Apparently that is not unusual. The parachutes are designed to get the solider to the ground fast, so as to avoid being shot whilst drifting in the air close to enemy lines. The consequences of coming down fast and not getting shot on the way down is that you run a high chance of getting injured upon landing. Sprained ankles, serious bruising is so common it’s not actually counted the the log book as an injury…
The other guy, is a youth worker, who must surely have one of the hardest jobs in social work. He works with street kids, some with drug addictions and violent tendencies. His kids can go missing for days – it’s his Job to find them and bring them back to a safe house.
So next time you think your Job is hard…
