Vintage Chicago Tribune: The city’s centenarians — notable Chicagoans who lived to be 100 or older

Horween, who was born in Chicago, became the first NFL player to reach 100 years old. He and his brother Ralph both played for the Harvard Crimson football team that won the Rose Bowl in 1920. They ...
The Journal

Skydiving: The most terrifying – but fun – thing you will ever do

It’s cold at 18,000 feet in elevation soaring over the red Utah desert. But the cold isn’t what makes me shiver – it’s the ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana

Chicago woman, 104, skydives from plane, aiming for record as the world's oldest skydiver

OTTAWA, Ill. — A 104-year-old Chicago woman hopes to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after making a tandem jump Sunday and landing 13,500 feet later at a northern Illinois airport.
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Instructor Falls to Death on Student's First Skydive

Another skydiving excursion has ended in tragedy after an instructor became separated from his student mid-air and crashed to ...

Instructor dies in Nashville skydiving incident; 2nd skydiver rescued from tree

The instructor became separated from a tandem rig with another skydiver and was "presumed to have fallen from the sky without ...