Possible Clues:

• What brings you down is a car up the duff
• The old man has to run around building that may be coming down
• Drop from plane
• Soldier on the slide is given this and told to take a running jump
• Drop safety equipment
• Soldier's truck carrying church canopy
• What Coldplay used to jump?
• Means of escape, a cure, path that’s unusual?
• One might be at this at some stage, in short