Army skydivers returning to Fort Bragg after member’s death

The men had been performing a stunt, an Army Golden Knights parachute team spokeswoman said.

Representatives for the Army and Navy parachute teams did not respond to email and voicemail messages from The Associated Press seeking comment.

Hood underwent surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital to relieve pressure in his brain due to a head injury, the Chicago Tribune reported. The man’s name wasn’t released.

Hood and a Navy sailor were parachuting Saturday when they collided midair. It appears Hood and the Leap Frogs member collided at that time. The accident is under investigation, the Army said.

One witness said it was unnerving because he was still alive but his eyes were closed and he didn’t seem to be present to the moment.

“Our focus right now is on supporting Corey’s family and grieving for our teammate”, USAPT commander Lt. Col. Matthew Weinrich said in a statement to ABC News, “As soldiers, there are risks every day in what we do, but you do everything you can to minimize those risks and it is extremely hard when that is not enough”. Fans with water bottles and some beach umbrellas stuck it out from the beginning of the show to the end.

SFC Corey Hood. (U.S. Army Golden Knights) SFC Corey Hood.

Sgt. Hood reportedly “clipped” a building on his way down. Specialists such as the Army and Navy jumpers can reach speeds of up to 180 miles per hour during freefall by pulling their arms to their sides.

His former wrestling coach’s fondest memory is a war story Hood told his class on a visit in 2006 about being trapped in a foxhole for two days during crossfire in Afghanistan.

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Dixon said a group of about 13 parachutists had just separated from a circle formation during a “bombburst procedure” – a stunt in which red smoke trails the parachutists in the air.