41°F
weather icon Clear

Injured Florida skydiver says he’ll jump again

MULBERRY, Fla. — A skydiver injured when a small plane crashed into him near Tampa, Fla., says he’ll jump again as soon as he feels safe.

Forty-nine-year-old John Frost told ABC’s “Good Morning America” in an interview that aired Monday that he’s sore and has some bruises, but no broken bones.

On Saturday, his parachute got entangled with an aircraft piloted by 87-year-old Shannon L. Trembely.

Officials say Trembely was doing takeoff and landing maneuvers in his Cessna near the South Lakeland Airport when he encountered Frost on his third landing pass. They were about 75 feet above the ground.

Trembley’s Cessna nose-dived into the ground. Frost was also tossed to the ground. Both men were taken to the hospital but escaped serious injury.

The National Transportation Safety Board and FAA are investigating.

MOST READ
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.
THE LATEST
Justice Department releases massive trove from its Jeffrey Epstein files

The files, posted to the department’s website, include some of the several million pages of records that officials said were withheld from an initial release of documents in December.

Trump sues IRS and Treasury for $10B over leaked tax info

The suit, filed in a Florida federal court Thursday, includes the president’s sons Eric Trump and, Donald Trump Jr. and the Trump organization as plaintiffs.

MORE STORIES