104-year-old American Dorothy Hoffner jumped with a parachute. A video of her brave act went viral on social networks, DIP says in more detail with reference to one of the American TV channels.
As ABC 7 Chicago clarifies, recently a pensioner jumped with a parachute in tandem with an instructor in Ottawa (Illinois). According to media reports, the jump lasted about seven minutes and was made from a height of approximately 4,100 meters.
An American pensioner jumped with a parachute for the first time when she was 100 years old.
Users of the social network note in the comments that younger people can envy her courage and determination.
Dorothy Hoffner hopes to become the oldest person in the world to skydive. It is clarified that for this purpose an application will be submitted to the Guinness Book of Records. According to media reports, the oldest skydiver in the world is now Swede Ruth Larson. In 2022, she jumped into the sky at the age of 103.