May 25, 2012 theChive.com
A sky-diving pensioner who refused to get out of the plane was left hanging precariously from her instructor as a tandem
dive went dangerously wrong. The 80-year-old desperately tried to cling onto the door after apparently deciding she no
longer wanted to do the jump.
As her harness came loose the woman, named Laverne, was left dangling from her instructor as she hurtled towards the
ground at 125mph.
In the dramatic video, the woman's tandem diver can be seen clinging onto her safety harness which had slipped down her
legs during the jump in California.
As they plummet towards the ground, the woman's top flies up exposing her back to the high-speed winds.
The cameraman - a separate jumper filming the whole experience - comes over to help as the pair get into difficulties.
At the end of the video the woman can be seen on the ground apparently uninjured but is seen being given some careful
attention. Even the instructor is traumatised and has to be consoled by a colleague.
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A sky-diving pensioner who refused to get out of the plane was left hanging precariously from her instructor as a tandem
dive went dangerously wrong. The 80-year-old desperately tried to cling onto the door after apparently deciding she no
longer wanted to do the jump.
As her harness came loose the woman, named Laverne, was left dangling from her instructor as she hurtled towards the
ground at 125mph.
In the dramatic video, the woman's tandem diver can be seen clinging onto her safety harness which had slipped down her
legs during the jump in California.
As they plummet towards the ground, the woman's top flies up exposing her back to the high-speed winds.
The cameraman - a separate jumper filming the whole experience - comes over to help as the pair get into difficulties.
At the end of the video the woman can be seen on the ground apparently uninjured but is seen being given some careful
attention. Even the instructor is traumatised and has to be consoled by a colleague.
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