Sgt. 1st Class Corey Hood, 32, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was hurt Saturday when he collided in midair with a member of the Navy Leap Frogs team during a group maneuver, CNN affiliate WLS reported.
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Dixon said Hood collided with a member of the Navy’s precision skydiving team.
“He had that drive, he had that determination, he never forgot where he came from”.
“I want them to understand what kind of man he was, what he’s done since he’s left Lakota West and to have pride to say that they go to the same school as him”, Card said. “His name is not on the wall, his pictures aren’t on the wall, but his determination and grit and toughness that he learned in wrestling, he carried that on through to the service”.
The Navy sailor suffered a lower leg fracture and was in stable condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Gargan said.
Freeman said Hood passed away way too soon…
Ms Dixon said the stunt the men were performing is called a “bomb burst”. He joined the Army in June of 2001 and began a basic airborne course immediately after his basic and advanced training at Fort Still, Oklahoma, according to Army archives.
He served five tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and is survived by a wife and two children, officials said.
He had logged more than 200 free fall jumps and 75 military static line jumps during his career, according to his Army biography.
Sergeant First Class Corey Hood.
“Heartbreak, once I learned about what happened, .” said Freeman. It was disgusting, ‘ she told the newspaper.
“He didn’t look like he was conscious”, the witness, Heather Mendenhall, told the station.
The other parachutist was found on North Avenue Beach, near the main viewing area for the show, Hernandez said. Hood was rushed to the hospital and underwent a procedure to reduce swelling in his head. The team did not perform again on Sunday, the second day of the show that draws millions of people to Chicago.
The Blue Angels did not disappoint in the grand finale.
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It entails the parachutists falling with red smoke trailing from packs and then separating to create a colourful visual in the sky.
