Woman Celebrates Her 94th Birthday by Skydiving

A Woman Celebrates Her 94th Birthday by Skydiving

Her granddaughter great-granddaughter join in the 10 000-foot plunge

Marie Baragona at Above the Poconos Skydivers Eila Campbel took her daring leap at the Hazleton Regional Airport in Pennsylvania. A Pennsylvania woman celebrated her 94th birthday by with her granddaughter and great-granddaughter. — Receive access to exclusive information, benefits and discounts Williamsport resident Eila Campbell says she figured that at her age she might not "make it for another year," so she took the 10,000-foot plunge on Sunday at Hazleton Regional Airport. Granddaughter Sara Schuelke and great-granddaughter Jess Fox also jumped. Each woman jumped separately but in tandem with an instructor. Campbell described the free fall as "kind of a wow" and says she'd skydive again. The owner of Above the Poconos Skydivers said he's never seen a jump by anyone as old as Campbell.

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