When Reality intrudes on Super Hero Stories they die in committee The Die hard movies would have been dull if they'd disscussed the reality of Bruce's stunts I have offered a possible explanation for survival and can really do nothing more than that If you'd like to calculate the force of impact then here is the formula Energy = (1/2)mass x velocity2 The energy after is: Energy = (1/2)total-mass x final-velocity2 Cypress weighs 63 kg