
Why Did This Grandpa Jump Out of The Airplane?
Clip: Season 6 Episode 1 | 5m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
WFSU's Mike Plummer finds the motivation behind a nonagenarian's skydiving experience.
This story came to WFSU's Mike Plummer through a co-worker. Her 90-year-old grandfather had gone skydiving and they had home video of the big jump. Mike thought sure, he'll talk to the old daredevil and find out about his plunge to earth. He was going to hear about the experience of the skydive. It turned out to be a story about a family and the bonds that hold them together.
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Why Did This Grandpa Jump Out of The Airplane?
Clip: Season 6 Episode 1 | 5m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
This story came to WFSU's Mike Plummer through a co-worker. Her 90-year-old grandfather had gone skydiving and they had home video of the big jump. Mike thought sure, he'll talk to the old daredevil and find out about his plunge to earth. He was going to hear about the experience of the skydive. It turned out to be a story about a family and the bonds that hold them together.
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