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Woman Celebrates 92nd Birthday By Jumping From 13,000 Feet
A woman has celebrated her 92nd birthday by taking a leap from a plane more than two miles in the air.
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KEENE, N.H. (September 29, 2009)--A 92-year-old New Hampshire woman has celebrated her birthday by parachuting from a plane at 13,000 feet.
Swanzey resident Jane Bockstruck told The Keene Sentinel newspaper she doesn't know what overcame her when she decided to take the parachute jump.
With a group of friends and relatives watching, Bockstruck took the leap on Sept. 19 at the Jumptown sky-diving club in Orange, Mass., west of Boston.
She said she doesn't remember jumping from the plane, but her tandem partner and jump instructor Paul Peckham Jr. said she had perfect form and landed without a hitch.
He says she's the oldest person he's taken on a jump.
The second oldest was 78.
Bockstruck said she's been married seven times, has traveled the world and has had jobs ranging from hotel desk clerk to seamstress for the John Wayne movie "True Grit."
