Booth escape route north

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(09-09-2013 12:57 AM)SSlater Wrote:  How far did Booth Jump? There is no sense measuring from the rail to the stage floor - he didn't drop straight down. We need to know, how far out on the stage did he hit. Also, we should include the height above the rail, when he reached the apex of the curve he traveled. I would say, without assurity, that it appears to be about 3/4 of one-half of a sine wave. Thus, we need to calculate the amplitude and frequency of the curve. Should we use his head as the measuring point? Don't use his hips, because they may have rotated during his flight, and would not be a pure sine wave. Let's get this right.

Good God. Calculus? It really doesn't matter if it was 5 feet or 15 feet. an injury may have or may not have occurred at any height between. What matters most is how he landed. How much force was distributed to his fibula versus his tibia. A fibula can break if you step into a gopher hole and twist your foot. It is not much diifferent than the force needed to sprain your ankle.

I broke my tibia and fibula on ice skates in a twisting fall to the ice while moving slowly backwards.