Yes - I'm not saying what he did was abnormal - in fact, what I was trying to say is "There but for the Grace of God" - I did a lot of incredibly stupid things, and only have 2 missing teeth and a few scars to show for it (a guy cable snapped - luckly not under too much tension, or it would have taken my head off)

It seems to me that folks in "heavy construction" often take calculated risks - that when things go wrong, you die. I know I did, and got lucky that very little ever went wrong