Navy SEAL dies after parachute fails during Fleet Week demonstration in Jersey City, New Jersey

Modified Date: 
Sun, 01/28/2024 - 10:56am
Accident Date: 
Sunday, May 28, 2017

Navy SEAL dies after parachute fails to open at Fleet Week demonstration

In a press conference this afternoon, Navy Rear Adm. Jack Scorby described the parachutist as a SEAL and a member of the Navy’s elite Leap Frogs parachute team.

The team was conducting a demonstration around 12:10 p.m.as part of planned Fleet Week activities, Scorby said. 

Navy parachutist dies during demonstration over Hudson River

In the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, a Navy Seal team member fell to his death Sunday after his parachute failed to open during a Fleet Week demonstration over the Hudson River.

The accident occurred a few minutes after noon near Liberty State Park, a large New Jersey park across from Manhattan where thousands of people a year catch ferries to the nearby national treasure.

Area: 
Trenton-NJ

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