Army parachutist who died after Chicago Air & Water Show accident promoted

Corey Hood, 32, a member of the Army’s Golden Knights parachute team, died Sunday from injuries he suffered the day before during a jump over the Lake Michigan shore.

The service for MSG Corey Hood will be held Saturday at Lakota West High School’s football stadium. “He touched and affected a lot of people in this country”.

Agent Mario Johnson says that Hood was purported dead soon after 4 p.m. “It’s a great feeling to be able to exit the aircraft at 12,500 feet”. He said the most challenging part is being on the road 250 to 270 days out of the year.

“This is a very close-knit Army organization”, Dixon said. “They constantly practice maneuvers”.

“Their unconditional support to Corey and his family, my soldiers, and the Navy team has been incredible”, he said.

The unit is now in a safety stand down in order to review procedures and processes within the unit, conduct team-focused training, participate in the accident investigation and pursue grief counseling as needed.

“Accidents happen and I understand totally”, Williams said. Weinrich is commander of the Golden Knights. She believed this was the fourth fatality since 1959. If a parachutist is unconscious, as Hood was, “you just drift where the parachute takes you”, he said. And while the family is grieving his death now, “what makes it easier…is that he wasn’t in some hellhole somewhere, and just some stat. He was surrounded by people who loved him”.

The 32-year-old from Cincinnati, who did five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, died Sunday afternoon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

“Corey loved being a Golden Knight”, Weinrich said. “He was tough mentally and physically”.

Witnesses said at least one of the men clipped the top of a high-rise apartment.

The Lakota West community is remembering Sgt.

Hood was wrestler and football player who’s positive outlook on life was contagious. Hood is survived by his wife, Lyndsay. Other funeral arrangements were not yet public.