Gary is the Author of the best-selling book NOT MY TIME. He speaks publicly about surviving the attempted murder on his life while he was a Detective assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), as well as how he miraculously survived a horrific wingsuit Skydiving accident during which he broke his neck while a mile high in the sky, instantly paralyzing him from the neck down.

He shares his miraculous recovery from being a quadriplegic and how he fights his way back to everyday life, including Skydiving—embracing lessons learned while having his faith challenged and realizing that a higher power exists. Gary speaks of realizing that we are all here for a higher purpose and that, since we never know how our story ends in advance, we can never give up; we “have to fight till the lights go out.”

Gary did his first solo skydive as a recovering quadriplegic five months and twelve days after his terrible accident and has done one hundred and eight solo skydives as of the time of this writing.

Gary Pacelli was a career Law Enforcement Officer; he worked at every level of Law enforcement, from a county Jail and county Motorcycle Officer to a County Detective. While a County Detective, he was assigned to a Prosecutors Gang and Narcotics Task Force while simultaneously assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Task Force Officer. He was a Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team Member (SERT), a Police Diver, a Police Academy Physical Fitness Senior Training Advisor, and a Police Academy Drill Instructor. Gary is also a certified commercial diver and a United States Marine. Upon retirement, he worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).