Laverne Everett did not think her first skydive would end up like this.
She wanted to celebrate her 80th birthday with a bit of excitement, but the jump went horribly wrong when she almost fell out of her harness during the dive. Here’s the video:
She defended her instructor against criticism he pushed her against her will.
“The upper harness came off, you know,” she said in a recent interview with CBS Sacramento, available below. “Just slipped down, it was just the lower harness, is all I had.”
“This happened a long time ago and everything worked as advertised,” said Parachute Center owner Bill Dause in a statement to ABC News. “No one got hurt or injured.”
So, still feel like jumping? It hasn’t deterred Laverne from excitement. She now wants to drive in a race car.
Here’s her interview:
Top Comments
I see footage such as this and know why I don't skydive !
My father was killed persuing this passtime, and even though that happened quite a while back this video brings it all back to me as if it occurred yesterday. All I can say is thank Christ that the tandem diver she was hooked to held on.
Damned freaky !
furthermore, I think the harness went from the shoulders down to between the legs.. There's no way they could say she was sufficiently secured in this case