They shoot horses don't they (was Horse Feathers)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 94409

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> Carol wrote:
> > 
> > > Harry fell fifty feet from a broom and only broke his arm, 
> > 
> > Geoff:
> > He didn't even break his arm - you may be confusing that with COS 
> > when he gets hit by a Bludger. But there were reasons....
> > 
> > "It was as though Harry's memory was on fast forward. The 
> > lightning.... the Grim..... the Snitch.... and the Dementors....
> > 'What happened?' he said, sitting up so suddenly they all gasped.
> > 'You fell off,' said Fred. 'Must've been - what - fifty feet?'
> > 'We thought you'd died,' said Alicia, who was shaking.'"
> <snip> 
> 
> 
> Carol:
> Thanks for the correction, but my point was simply that a fifty-foot
> fall that would kill a Muggle barely fazed Harry. 

Geoff:
But you snipped the most important bit of that quote....

"He (Dumbledore) ran onto the pitch as you fell, waved his wand and 
you *sort of slowed down* before you hit the ground....'"

(POA "Grim Defeat" p.136 UK edition)

It was Dumbledore's intervention that saved Harry.

Read the incident in PS as a comparison....

"Ron turned the binoculars back on Harry. His broom was vibrating so 
hard it was almost impossible for him to hang on much longer. the 
whole crowd were on their feet watching, terrified, as the Weasleys 
flew up to try and pull Harry safely on to one of their brooms but if 
was no good - every time they got near him, the broom would jump 
higher still. They dropped lower an circled beneath him, obviously 
hoping to catch him if he fell."

(PS "Quidditch" p.140 UK edition)

Sounds as if they're pretty worried if he comes off his broom.....