When the airborne trooper free falls 30 seconds before opening his parachute, he would have impacted the ground much sooner. D-day drops were made at 700 feet AGL, which didn't allow time for free fall and required the static line to deploy the parachute immediately. As reference, the first 10 seconds of free fall take ~1000 feet. The idea of dropping at lower altitudes is to not give enemy gunners much time to shoot paratroopers under canopy.
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