Archive for July, 2008
Monday 28 July 2008 @ 2:07 am
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Men celebrate turning 40 living out lyrics to Tim McGraw's song …
MLive.com, MI - That's when the words of McGraw's song "Live Like You Were Dying" reached him: "I went sky diving. I went Rocky Mountain climbing. … |
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Monday 28 July 2008 @ 1:07 am
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Sky-diving Burnley clergyman plunges 14000ft for charity
Burnley Citizen, UK - By Helen Korn » A priest took a daring leap of faith to help send youngsters on a special pilgrimage. Father Morrough O’Brien, of St John the Baptist Church … |
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Monday 28 July 2008 @ 12:07 am
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Never too late to try something terrifying
San Jose Mercury News,  USA - When I was a teenager, I fantasized about sky diving. I thought it would be the closest thing to flying. I used to lie on the lawn and look up at the birds, … |
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Sunday 27 July 2008 @ 11:07 pm
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Tech student had hoped to make 300th jump
Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - By SA REID The father of a 23-year-old Georgia Tech student killed in a skydiving accident in Rockmart said Sunday that his son had hoped to make his 300th … Richmond man dies in skydiving accident Ga. Tech Student Had Video Camera During Fatal Skydiving Fall Son of Former Wichita Eagle Publisher Dies Skydiving |
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Sunday 27 July 2008 @ 11:07 pm
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HILLSBORO: Festival skydiver is decorated military hero
St. Charles Journal, MO - This is the second year he has performed sky dives for the Jefferson County Fair. His connection to this area is family as his wife Stephanie's brother, … |
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Sunday 27 July 2008 @ 11:07 pm
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Coroner recommends changes to skydiving training procedures
ABC Online, Australia - The State Coroner Alastair Hope has recommended changes to training procedures after a series of deaths at WA's biggest skydiving facility. … Deaths prompt coroner to order review of skydiving rules |
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Sunday 27 July 2008 @ 11:07 pm
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Photography with an eye in the sky
Toronto Star,  Canada - "That's one of the reasons I was drawn to this," says Gunter, also a scuba-diving teacher and mountain climber who has worked his way around the world, … |
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Monday 21 July 2008 @ 2:07 am
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NY man loses prosthetic leg while skydiving
The Associated Press - Listemann, 47, lost his prosthetic leg last month while skydiving in upstate New York. The lower leg below the knee, with a foot clad in a running shoe, … Sky diver loses prosthetic leg in midair Leg missing; if found, please call skydiver |
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Monday 21 July 2008 @ 2:07 am
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Stupid Skydivers
San Diego Reader, CA - I heard on the news, that someone lost their fake leg, as they were sky diving. I would've loved to have seen the faces of the people nearby, … |
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Monday 21 July 2008 @ 2:07 am
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Skydiver hopes errant leg turns up
Poughkeepsie Journal, NY - The 47-year-old Town of Poughkeepsie man was skydiving above Gardiner with two friends on June 14 when the leg came off, after he jumped from the plane but … |
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