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President George H.W. Bush Skydives With Robin Meade
Turning on HLN news today, you may be shocked to see that George H.W. Bush is skydiving with news anchor Robin Meade. Considering that the former President of The United States is now 85 years old, one has to wonder what brings him to skydive on this day. The fact is, this is not President Bush's first jump; it is his seventh.
At 1:25pm E.T. the music goes off, apparently signaling that someone has in fact jumped from the plane. The news cast reports that this music indicates that someone has jumped but it may not be Robin Meade, who is set to jump one minute before President George Bush. At 1:27pm E.T. the solo jumper can be seen cascading down through the clouds. The next jumper is to be news anchor Robin Meade. At 1:29 pm the first jumper lands as planned. Once the skydivers jump, they spend about one full minute in a free fall and then descend for about 5 minutes with their parachutes out. The skydivers plan to land around a giant white X on the ground, in Maine. This is to be the first skydiving jump for news anchor Robin Meade. At 1:34pm E.T. we hear that Robin Meade has jumped from 13, 000 feet and is descending down through the now almost clear sky. About a minute later we see what we thought was Robin Meade but appears to be another single tandem jumper. Wait, now they say it is news anchor Robin Meade flying through the sky. No wait again, it's a single jumper! At 1:38pm, HLN confirms it was Robin Meade and the view of her landing safely in her gold suit is a great site. Robin Meade scurries quickly over to the microphone to begin to recount her experience with a beautiful large smile on her face. While doing her broadcast, we can hear almost nothing from Robin Meade as the on site announcers are overpowering the broadcast. However, we can hear Robin Meade ask for a hat, stating that she is on the news, we don't want to see her disheveled tandem jump hair, do we? We then watch as several free fall jumpers land safely. At 1:43pm E.T we see the 85 year old President George Bush land safely with his feet down almost in a sitting position. The landing was different than that of Robin Meade who landed in almost a running position. We have to give President George Bush kudos for even doing the jump at all. In the post jump interview, President George Bush recounts a great jump but states Barbara won't let him do it again until he is 90. President George Bush stated about why he jumped that this should send a message out to the older population that you don't have to just "sit around drooling in the corner". Prior to the jump, President George Bush also stated that Barbara Bush joked that at least he was landing at a church so he would not have far to go if something bad happened. When asked President bush stated that the jump was easier than getting a bill passed through congress. Source: HLN News Broadcast June 12, 2009 By Linda D. Stanley - I enjoy writing about numerous topics. As a child I aspired to someday publish my writing. I have lived in many states across the United States including: California, Idaho, Wisconsin, West Virgnia, Texas, a...Gregg Skydiving in Maine (14000 FT)
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