A DC9-30 FLT COMES WITHIN 100 FT OF A DSNDING SKYDIVER ACFT THAT BUSTED HIS ALT NE OF TTT; TX.

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APCHING ADDVL ON WILBR 2 ARR AT 11000 FT; 250 KTS; CTR ADVISED SEVERAL TARGETS IN OUR QUADRANT WITH JUMPERS. WE WERE ASSIGNED 25O DEG HDG. CTR ADVISED TFC AT 12 - 1 O'CLOCK AT ABOUT 13000 FT WITH CLRNC TO MAINTAIN 12000 FT FOR DC9 TFC (US). WE SAW HIM ON THE TCASII. HIS DSCNT TO 12000 FT WAS QUITE FAST BUT HE DID NOT SLOW HIS DSCNT AT 12000 FT. HE CONTINUED A RAPID DSCNT AND TURNED INTO US. WE GOT AN RA 'MONITOR VERT SPD' (NO CLB). HE CONTINUED HIS DSCNT AND HDG TOWARDS US. IT BECAME APPARENT HE WOULD PROBABLY HIT US WITHOUT EVASIVE ACTION ON OUR PART. WE BEGAN A L TURN AWAY FROM THE TFC (ALL ON TCASII NO VISUAL REF; AND ATC WAS QUIET). HE CONTINUED TO TURN INTO US AND DSND. WE TURNED MORE AGGRESSIVELY TO THE L AND I ADVISED CTR WE WERE BREAKING (TURNING) L AND BEGINNING A CLB AS WE GOT A SECOND RA; 'CLB; XING; CLB.' AT ABOUT THIS TIME; TCASII SHOWED HIM AT OUR ALT; DSNDING AND MERGING JUST OFF OUR NOSE; 1 O'CLOCK. WE NEVER SAW THE TFC VISUALLY. WE GOT A 'CLR OF CONFLICT' AND ADVISED CTR WE WERE RETURNING TO HDG AND DSNDING FROM 11300 FT TO 11000 FT. WE ONLY CLBED 300 FT. ON THE GND; I CALLED CTR AND SPOKE WITH SUPVR. SHE SAID THE CTLR THOUGHT THERE HAD BEEN A MIDAIR COLLISION. I KNOW HE WAS SHOOK; BECAUSE AFTER THE NEAR MISS HE HAD SOME DIFFICULTY TALKING TO US. I FEEL HE HAD DONE HIS JOB. WE KNOW IT WAS CLOSE TO A NEAR DISASTER. THE TCASII WORKED WELL. WHY ARE UNCTLED ACFT AT THOSE ALTS AND IN THE ARR CORRIDORS OF ONE OF THE BUSIEST ARPTS IN THE COUNTRY? I WAS TOLD THIS IS A RECURRING PROB AROUND DFW. WILL IT TAKE A MIDAIR TO GET SOMEBODY TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS PROB. FO WAS FLYING AND DID A GREAT JOB. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 440968: IT SEEMS THAT SOME COURSE OF ACTION COULD BE TAKEN TO PREVENT SKYDIVING ALONG ARR CORRIDORS TO SUCH BUSY ARPTS. ESPECIALLY AT ALTS ABOVE THE TFC. IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER THE FACT THAT THE SKYDIVERS CAME TO MIND AS TO THEIR LOCATION AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THEM FALLING THROUGH OUR ALT.