VIGIL SAVES
YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL
Over 500 lives saved and counting
Your Vigil AAD is designed for one purpose: to help dramatically reduce the risks associated with skydiving.
Each of Vigil’s recorded life saves are more than just numbers, they represent people who we might have otherwise lost.
The purpose of life saving reports is to get clarity on exactly what mistakes were made, details of the accidents that occurred, and how Vigil was in each of these instances the difference between life and death.
These are invaluable lessons to be learned and the numbers simply don't lie.
547 RECORDED SAVES & COUNTING
HARD PULL ON BORROWED GEAR
VIGIL MODE: PRO
SAVE #516
A new jumper with 40 jumps, attending one of their first boogies at their home dz, gets on a organized load with an unfamiliar rig. After a successful skydive the jumper tracks off but can be seen continuing in freefall without deploying their main canopy. The rig had a different style of BOC and the jumper was experiencing a hard pull, lost situational awareness and did not initiate emergency procedures. The Vigil AAD activated as designed and the jumper landed without incident.
UNCONSCIOUS SKYDIVER LANDS IN WATER
VIGIL MODE: PRO
SAVE #377
At Summerfest 2019, 2 jumpers collided on break-off and one of them was knocked unconscious.
Lukasz Hahn was saved by his Vigil and later landed in the river where he regained consciousness and the excellent staff at Skydive Chicago got him out of the water.
SKYDIVER KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS,
SAVED BY VIGIL AAD
VIGIL MODE: PRO
SAVE #501
Skydiver was knocked unconscious on the rear step of a Skyvan and spent the entire skydive in a limp, head down position in freefall. Vigil AAD was activated as designed and saved his life.
“If it were not for my excellent rigger and my Vigil AAD, I would 100% sure be dead right now - thank you”
COULDN’T FIND MAIN HACKEY & SWEATSHIRT
COVERING HANDLES
VIGIL MODE: PRO
SAVE #136
After an uneventful vell group skydive and track the jumper could not reach her main hackey. She reported her sweatshirt covered her handles when going for the reserve handle.
No canopies were deployed until Vigil AAD activated and the reserve fully inflated.