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Paratrooper, 21, posts smiling selfie just moments before being killed in parachute jump from Blackhawk helicopter at Fort Bragg
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - Spc. Abigail Jenks died Monday in a training jump at the North Carolina base
- Jenks was conducting a static line jump from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter when she suffered the fatal injury, officials said
- Few details were released about the accident, as the investigation continues
- In a static line jump, the chute is deployed via a cord attached to the inside of the aircraft on one end and the top of the skydiver's deployment bag on the other
- This type of jump involves a very short free fall before the chute is deployed and is often used for jumps from lower heights of around 1,000 feet or less
- Fort Bragg officials released Jenks' identity Wednesday, saying Jenks was originally from Gansevoort, around 50 miles north of Albany, New York
- She had joined the Army in October 2018 before being assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, as a paratrooper
- Governor Andrew Cuomo paid tribute to the New York native and ordered flags to be flown at half staff across state buildings in her honor from Thursday
- This is the second death in less than a year among the 82nd Airborne Division
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-04-22 |
