OTTAWA, ILLINOIS — Two skydivers jumped from a plane and crashed mid-air at Summerfest Skydiving Festival at the Skydive Chicago resort in Ottawa. <br /><br />CBS 2 reported on the death-defying clash. <br /><br />The two seasoned skydivers collided around 11:00 a.m on Tuesday morning, resulting in one of them, 81-year-old Bill Morrisey, being knocked unconscious. <br /><br />Morrisey was falling fast towards the earth, but fortunately for him, he was wearing an automated activation device inside a parachute pack.<br /><br />So, what's an automated activation device?<br /><br />Anthony Ebel of Skydive Chicago says it best, "Essentially, it's just a device that measures how fast the person is falling and what altitude they're at — once they hit a certain threshold, it then starts the deployment process of the reserve parachute."<br /><br />The life-saving device opened his chute, bringing him gently back to earth alive and still kicking.<br /><br />U.S News stated that as he was unable to steer, he landed in the Fox River.<br /><br />Both jumpers were taken to OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center and miraculously both were fine bar minor injuries. <br /><br />Morrissey, who has jumped more than 7,000 times spanning 62 years, said: "I wear an automated activation device because that's what common sense tells you to do."
