Posted on 05/29/2017 5:39:29 PM PDT by SMGFan
The Navy Seal who was killed in Jersey City yesterday after his parachute failed to open during a Fleet Week demonstration has been identified as 27-year-old Remington Peters.
Peters was a fiercely loyal role model whose accomplishments "far outweigh his years," his family said in a statement issued by the Navy. Peters is "painfully missed," the family said.
"He was an angel on earth and role model to all," the statement reads. "We couldn't have been more proud of him. He lived life to the fullest and taught us to do the same." Peters was killed yesterday after he plunged into the Hudson River shortly after noon during a parachute
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
Rest in peace!
RIP.
I am an experienced parachutist and fortunately never suffered a partial malfunction. They do not train to land under a streamer. Release the main, open the reserve.
However, I would not be surprised to learn that SEAL training includes a few unassisted helicopter exits calculated at a proper height above the surface just to replicate a streamer water landing.
Given the training and skill level of this jumper, I believe there was more at work here than two ordinary malfunctions.
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