What are the odds that this parachutist will survive colliding with a plane in mid-air? And more remarkably, what are the odds that a phptographer would capture this sequence of events in film?
A Cessna collided with a parachute at a small airport in Polk County, Florida, during March 2014
The plane took a nose dive, and the skydiver was thrown to the ground.
Neither the pilot nor the skydiver were seriously injured when they fell about 75 feet, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
The Polk County Sheriff’s Department initially identified the pilot as Shannon Trembley.
Sharon Trembley was doing what are called “touch and goes” with the Cessna, a maneuver in which the plane touches the ground and ascends again. On the pilot’s third time up, one wing
The pilot and parachutist were taken to a hospital. Frost was treated and released, and Trembley was being held for observation on Saturday night.