From Jim Thompson at Red State:
Six years ago, my son was ending
his Navy career with the parachute performance team called the “Navy Leap
Frogs.” The Leap Frogs parachute into stadiums and events to the cheers of
crowds. On Sunday, September 11, 2016, my son and his Leap Frogs mates were
performing for the Kansas City Chiefs. They jumped into Arrowhead Stadium on
that beautiful Sunday afternoon with my son assigned the honor of bringing in
the Stars and Stripes. It was an awesome clear day with a bit of a headwind for
the intended entry corridor.
The guys before him were carrying
other flags like the Navy SEAL flag. Trevor was carrying the slightly heavier
Stars and Stripes. He parachuted in last. The headwind caught Trevor above the
stadium and he appears to stall motionless, right above the stadium.
Patrons can be heard exclaiming,
stunned, that he was hanging in the air like it was planned. It wasn’t planned.
In fact, it was a little scary.
He couldn’t land left to right
because of the headwind, so he turned, headed in the opposite direction, and
landed right to left.
It’s an awesome short video [about 3 min] — and
still gives me goosebumps.
Link to Red State is here.
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