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Michael Ballaban
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Deputy Editor, Jalopnik. 2002 Lexus IS300 Sportcross.

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“Mustang-inspired” involves grafting a Ford Edge front end onto an Escape, apparently.
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Rocking back and forth in my chair grappling with supporting workers and being angry my new corvette is delayed... Read more

There are people right now worried that they’re not going to live long enough to take delivery of their pre-ordered C8. Read more

We’re all very proud of you! Read more

I clicked twice just for this. <3 Read more

This is actually excellent, clever clickbait. Read more

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Wonderful clickbait headline! 8/10 pts Read more

Thank you very much for this. I have had a very difficult time getting myself to do anything the last couple weeks, so the encouragement is very much appreciated. Read more

Yeah, even with the parachute, his plane got harpooned and he mentioned in the video how lucky he was to be alive. Conventional forced landings amid a sea of trees like that don’t seem very forgiving. Read more

There’s this thing called hyperbole ;) Read more

Probably not many in a forest. Read more

Ive driven the trans Labrador highway. Endless forests is an understatement Read more

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Here is a video of the CAPS being deployed. Pretty awesome I think.

From looking at his youtube comments, a couple of his rescuers had found his video and liked the documentation of the event.

No need to be negative and watching it you see he’s turning the camera on and off when he’s being instructed to do something, no harm whatsoever. Read more

I bet they were Just happy they were getting to help a live person instead of retrieving a corpse as many of there missions end up being.
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Not sure if i’ll ever find myself in this situation though I have to say the operation as a whole really is amazing.

Well rehearsed and went exactly to plan and can’t help but be impressed with this, great to see Matt making it out unharmed and what a great job all these servicemen did and do.  Read more