"Okay," said #1. He hooked the end of the cable to a series of clips on the back of Laura’s life jacket. "You want to hold your knees up and in, with your arms," he told her. "Also keep your head well down and your jaw clenched. You don’t want your neck to whiplash, see, or your teeth to clack. When you feel the aircraft snag this cable, you’re gonna go up in a real hurry. So just uncoil, let your legs go. Like a parachute drop."