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This past week on The Moth Radio Hour: a man in the middle of a midlife crisis takes a terrifying parachute jump; an Iraq war veteran shares details of his battle back home; a woman sits at the bedside of her ailing father; a fireman tries to save two children; and a would-be Romeo laments the agony of platonic love. And after you’ve listened, check out the extras!

- Andy Christie, It’s Not The Fall That Gets You

Hop on the bus, Gus!

So I’m 5,000 feet above Albany - just a perfect day, beautiful blue sky, I can see the horizon in every direction - when the girl that just pushed me out of the airplane screams, “Wait wait! Your ‘chute! It’s - “
And she’s gone, with the plane.

Andy Christie in this week’s video.

So I’m 5,000 feet above Albany - just a perfect day, beautiful blue sky, I can see the horizon in every direction - when the girl that just pushed me out of the airplane screams, “Wait wait! Your ‘chute! It’s - “

And she’s gone, with the plane.

Andy Christie in this week’s video.

This week’s video: A mid-life crisis pushes a mild mannered Simon and Garfunkel fan to go skydiving.