104-Year-Old Aims to Become Oldest Skydiver

<p>&ldquo;Age is just a number,&rdquo; stated Dorothy Hoffner amid a cheering crowd as she touched ground Sunday at the Skydive Chicago Airport in Ottawa.</p> <p>The 104-year-old resident of Chicago is aiming to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after she made a tandem jump and landed 13,500 feet at the northern Illinois airport.</p> <p>An adventure enthusiast, she first skydived when she was<a href="https://www.wbay.com/2023/10/02/woman-104-skydives-plane-aiming-record-worlds-oldest-skydiver/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">&nbsp;100&nbsp;</a>years old. Recalling the experience, she said she had to be pushed out of the aircraft to make the jump.</p> <p>However, on Sunday, she insisted on leading the jump, being tethered to a U.S. Parachute Association-certified instructor.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@americanmuslimtoday/104-year-old-aims-to-become-oldest-skydiver-43cd1b6f1e40"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>