Kicker - Skydiving at 100

MARY REICHARD, HOST: A Florida nurse decided to do something a little more interesting for her birthday this year.

Raymonde Sullivan went tandem skydiving for the first time.

Now I’ve known people who’ve done that, but I should mention that Raymonde is a retired nurse who mended the wounds of soldiers on the front lines during World War II!

The birthday she just celebrated by jumping out of an airplane was her 100th. She told television station WPTV:

SULLIVAN: I had never done it. So I thought I must do it while I can.

She said the experience was scary, and while she’s glad she tried it, she’ll choose a different activity for her 101st birthday.

BROWN: You go, girl!

REICHARD: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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