Sky-diving grandmother, 85, keeps promise

Well, that's awfully brave of her. I don't think I could manage it. Wouldn't someone of her age not have to be real careful of potentially brittle bones when landing?

Sky-diving grandmother, 85, keeps promise
at 15:37 on September 16, 2005, EST.

KEARNEY, Nebraska (AP) - Keeping a promise to her grandson that she would parachute when she turns 85, Thelma Tillery did just that.

"When you step out on that little step, man, that's when it really hits you," Tillery said after successfully landing in Kearney, Nebraska.

She jumped tandem-style.......

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