The Koko Bomb Saga

Part 3 — An Epic Finish

Crowd looking up.
Finally the moment of truth arrived.

Koko bomb in free fall Drop zone, from 11 stories up Ground crewman carrying the Bomb.
The Koko Bomb sailed off the gangplank and plummeted 11 stories to the drop zone.
The ground crew converged on the site of impact and rendered its verdict:
"Pumpkin number 95...did not survive."

K-bomb on rubbish pile. Team 89 dancing on bubble wrap.
The Bomb shared a temporary resting place with other casualties.
After the final plunge, entrants descended to salvage what they could from the pile of debris.
The "Eye of Death" team spent ten minutes tapdancing on bubble wrap.

Remnants of Bomb and pumpkin. Drop site, cleaned up. Aaron, Nancy, and the ex-Bomb.
A post-mortem inspection revealed the cause of the crash. Aaron's model-rocket parachute had torn loose from the 18-pound Bomb, which flipped over in flight and landed heavy side down, leaving the pumpkin (orange mass, left) at the mercy of its own kinetic energy.
Three hours after the Drop, it was as if nothing had happened. But Team Muse knows better. Aaron is already brimming with ideas for Koko Bomb 2. We shall return.

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