The final leap of a life. A Chicago resident died this Monday, October 9, at the age of 104. A few days before her death, this centenarian had achieved the feat of jump out of a plane by tandem parachute… has more than 4,000 meters above sea level. According to information from the American media ABC NewsDorothy Hoffner apparently died in her sleep and was discovered by the staff of the senior residence where she lived.
According to our American colleagues, this Chicago resident had become, on October 1, oldest person to skydive. This feat could also soon make it enter the “Guinness Book” des records. Unfortunately for her, Dorothy Hoffner will not be able to experience this incredible accomplishment.
“Age is just a number“, she would have said after her feat, last October 1, in front of a crowd of admirers. Dorothy Hoffner was not her first attempt. However, her passion for this practice was quite recent. According to ABC News, this former employee of a telephone operator rushed for her first skydive at age 100. “She was tireless,” describes a staff member at the senior home.
This employee, very close to the retiree, promised that he would ensure that the “Guinness Book” included Dorothy Hoffner in its illustrious book of records. Since 2022, it is a Swedish woman, aged 103, who had become the oldest person to skydive.
Dorothy Hoffner, the 104-year-old Chicago woman who jumped from a plane one week ago in what is believed to be a new world record for the oldest skydiver in the world, has died, local media reported pic.twitter.com/F2rHbPyoEF
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 11, 2023
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2023-10-12 20:04:00
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