Bush's Skydive: "Senior-citizen Fear Factor"

[gauguin57]

Here's the most recent story from the AP about Bush I's jump.
Also see my "rude" thread about keeping the state funeral stuff in place, just in case ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1752759


http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2004/jun/09/060903337.html

Ex-President Bush Plans Birthday Skydive
By MICHAEL GRACZYK
ASSOCIATED PRESS

HOUSTON (AP) -

In a sort of senior-citizen version of "Fear Factor," former President George H. W. Bush plans to celebrate his 80th birthday by jumping out of a plane Sunday at 13,000 feet.

"A scary feeling," Bush said in his usual pronoun-free style as he contemplated standing in the open door of the plane with a parachute on. "A funny feeling in your tummy or your knees."

Bush has made four parachute jumps in his life - three since leaving the White House more than a decade ago, including one on his 75th birthday.

"People say: `Why are you doing this, you nutty old man?'" Bush said. "I say: One, because I want to. It feels good. There's a thrill involved. And two: Just because you're 80 doesn't mean you're finished. It sends a message to a lot of people ... that old age is not a barrier."

This jump will be much different from the first time Bush bailed out of a plane. That was in 1944, when the 20-year-old Navy pilot was shot down over the Pacific.

Bush, who talked to The Associated Press last month about the skydive, decided to go ahead with the jump despite the death of President Reagan.

[Ironpost]

1. If I remember correctly

*senior first jump left the rest of the crew on the plane to perish.