Posted on 08/16/2015 4:38:10 AM PDT by Kaslin
CHICAGO – Two parachutists were seriously injured Saturday during the Chicago Air & Water Show after colliding midair while performing a stunt, a parachute team spokeswoman said. Witnesses say at least one of the men clipped the top of a high-rise apartment building before falling to the ground in the city's Gold Coast neighborhood.
The two men were taken in serious-to-critical condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Saturday morning, Fire Department spokesman Juan Hernandez said.
The Army Golden Knights and Navy Leap Frogs parachute teams were performing a stunt known as a "bomb burst," Golden Knights spokeswoman Donna Dixon told WMAQ-TV (http://bit.ly/1Mub7ve ). During the stunt, parachutists fall with red smoke trailing from packs and then separate, creating a colorful visual in the sky.
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Prayers lifted up from the Northeastern Texas Piney Woods...
This is my son-in-law. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do8JKB4lJs0 Thankfully he was not in the accident. Prayers for the family and the Team.
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