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Two Skydivers Collide Above SoCal Airport; 1 Dies

Apr 15th 2011 – 9:50PM

PERRIS, Calif. -- A skydiver has died after colliding with another jumper in midair over a Southern California airport, just two weeks after another pair of jumpers was killed there in a similar crash. Sheriff's Deputy Herlinda Valenzuela says one of the skydivers died at the hospital and the other was in critical...

Minor League Spotlight: Watch Out For That Wall

By Tom FornelliSep 17th 2008 – 2:40PM

Minor League Spotlight is the MLB FanHouse's look into baseball's minor leagues. But you probably figured that out already.Apparently the South Georgia Peanuts haven't been paying attention to the world of skydiver's delivering game balls at sporting events lately. If they had been, they might have seen when one skydiver...

Background on Skydivers

Parachuting, also known as skydiving, is the action of exiting an aircraft and returning to earth with the aid of gravity while using a parachute to slow down during the final part of the descent.

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