A Navy parachutist performing an aerial demonstration for Fleet Week died on Sunday after his chute did not open properly and he plunged into the Hudson River as hundreds of people watched from Liberty State Park.
No snark here, but I was totally unaware that the Navy had a parachute demonstration team. I’ve heard of the Army’s Golden Knights, of course, but not the Leap Frogs.
Leap Frogs Twitter. As I post this, their feed hasn’t been updated since before yesterday’s demonstration: I’m sure they have more important things to do right now and will be updating it when they can, so I would watch there for additional information.
Edited to add 5/30: the Leap Frogs Twitter and Facebook pages have been updated. The gentleman who died was Petty Officer First Class Remington Peters.
Edited to add 5/31: nice profile of Petty Officer Peters in the NYT.
Mr. Peters enlisted in the Navy in September 2008, a few months after graduating from high school. He became a member of the Navy SEALs and was a veteran of two combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan before joining the Leap Frogs about a year ago. He made more than 900 jumps.
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