Think like a surgeon, Be the surgeon

Today was 'fly' day, or I guess I could just say it was "flugtag." All throughout the day I helped Trembath work the crowd. I was playing the role of a nervous intern monitoring our patient's vitals. I figured we'd treat him like a real patient. We monitored his health (which was failing), tried to comfort him, and allowed people to come up close to pay their last respects.

Our idea in itself brought a lot of positive feedback from the people passing by. Even a local motorcycle gang member told us it was a good idea - but that our wings wouldn't hold. We proved him wrong. Checking the patient's BPM on my watch drawn with a sharpee seemed to draw even more attention. On my clipboard the words "Not Good" were written in large bold letters and I showed the crowd each time Ryan T asked me how the patient was doing.

I didn't see any teams really working the crowd as much as we were so I think we left a lasting impression on a few people. It's too bad they were all too lazy to text message our number for people's choice.

I wasn't too nervous until we got up to the flight deck. We did our skit and before you know it we were in the water. They interviewed me post jump, and I maintained my Terry Weezer character - complete with crackling voice. I got a smile out of the host which is what I was going for.