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Originally Posted by Cherie

In a Facebook post he said: "I expressed safety concerns and Stockton told me: 'While there's obviously risk - it's way safer than flying in a helicopter or even scuba diving'.

To be fair, although clearly the worst did happen, there's not enough data to know that this isn't true... as people do actually die doing both of those things all the time. Remember The Clutha in Glasgow . My dad saw that happen.

Or more recently Kobe Bryant et al.