Prepare To Bail Out!

Dr. Richard Hansler became a physicist following his military career. He studied at Capital University, the University of Chicago and received a PhD from Ohio State University in 1952. He worked for GE Lighting for more than 42 years before joining John Carroll University as the Director of the Lighting Innovations Institute. The Institute carries out research on fiber optic and LED lighting for commercial and government customers. More recently Dr. Hansler has been studying the effects of light on human health and published a book "Great Sleep! Reduced Cancer!". A website www.lowbluelights.com features products that promote sleep and reduce the risk of cancer.

"My chute opened with a snap that I thought would rip me to pieces. I looked up to see that my canopy was not fowled. I looked down at the earth and saw that I was almost down. I thought for just a second that I must be in heaven. After the terrible noise and confusion of sound in the plane, and the rush of the air past my ears as I leaped from the plane, the terrible silence that followed the crack of the chute as it opened, and the soft green of the countryside, made it all seem like a dream. I hit the ground some 100 yards from a group of three farm houses. I rolled as I hit, and suffered no injury. There was just enough wind to keep the canopy from coming down on top of me. I quickly gathered my chute, for the German fighters were still circling the area, and I didn''t want them to spot me."