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A team of six British Army paratroopers and two medical clinicians have parachuted onto the island to help its two-person medical team provide care to the man and the island's other residents.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
He also lied to an FAA investigator, claiming to have parachuted out of the plane only because he could not identify a safe place to land.
From Washington Times ● May 12, 2023
“In many ways,” Schiff writes of Brattle, “he seemed to have parachuted into 1692 from another century altogether.”
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2015
Since then, over 1,300 Mennonites have parachuted into the city.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2013
They have parachuted out of Air Force transports, clattered to landing zones aboard Chinook helicopters and roared over the countryside in Bradley fighting vehicles.
From Time Magazine Archive
