Army skydiver dies in collision with Navy skydiver

A U.S. Army parachute team member died Sunday after being injured at the Chicago Air and Water Show.

Upon arriving at the scene, paramedics rushed Hood to Northwestern Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and was declared dead a little after 4 p.m. “Corey’s weight loss loose ends when it comes to the Army group and everyone they have helped and motivated where ever and anytime he jumped”.

“These are truly elite skydivers”, Bettencourt said. “These maneuvers are highly skilled”. The Army is investigating Hood’s death. He called the Golden Knights’ sport “safe in general” but he said there’s “no room for error at all” when hurtling through the air at 120 miles per hour. “The team works really hard to mitigate risks and unfortunately sometimes accidents happen”.

“The family anxious that something might happen to Mills while he was deployed”, Mills said. Team members returned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for counseling, and the team canceled an appearance at the Kansas City Air Show this weekend.

Dixon said Hood and another man collided during the stunt.

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt.

The last Golden Knights jumper killed during a dive was Sgt.

“He defended our freedom, he amazed so many as a member of the Golden Knights”, he said in a statement”, and he will be missed”. She believed this was the fourth fatality since 1959. The team did not perform again on Sunday, the second day of the show that draws millions of people to Chicago. Everybody just gasped. We thought it was part of the show – and then it wasn’t.

“We saw a reserve chute, didn’t know what that means at the time”. “It’s a great feeling to be able to exit the aircraft at 12,500 feet”.

“They were all just great guys. I’m honored to have known him”.

He says Hood once told the Army’s review board that he wanted to be the youngest sergeant major in the Army. “He was tough mentally and physically”.

Hood was a forward observer who had survived five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, earning two Bronze Stars along the way. “‘Corey was a true Lakota West and American hero”.

In an interview last year after a jump he made at a school, Hood said he especially loved jumping at high schools.

“They said he was like the glue in the family”, Dixon said.

He leaves behind a wife, Lyndsay C. Hood, who is originally from Kernersville, NC, according to her Facebook profile.