I keep a list of things I never, ever want to do. High on that list is sky diving. I have absolutely no desire to fling myself our of an airplane, even strapped to someone else who, presumably, knows what needs to be done to land safely. So, when I saw on the news that a 95 year old woman had been gifted with the chance to go sky diving, I wasn't the least bit tempted to follow her example. Evidently, she had expressed a desire to go sky diving on her 95th birthday and her children arranged it for her. Based on the video shown, she landed safely on her back on top of the professional she was strapped to. Nice landing for her and I guess he was ok also. Everyone on the news show was going on about how wonderful it was, and how brave she was, but I'm guessing there's more to the story. I think, many years ago, when she was say 85, she jokingly said that for her 95th birthday she would like to go sky diving. She probably assumed she would die before the situation ever came up. But, when she turned 95, what could she do but go along with it? She is 95 after all and probably thought "What's the worst that can happen?"
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