'Today, seven years after the last time he jumped, I jump for him.'
He had been in a wheelchair, unable to walk for the last several years, so our family was uncertain and anxious. He was resolute. My grandmother was worried — a little angry — and joked about the location of the jump, over our church:"Well, fine George, if you’re going to jump out of a perfectly good airplane if something happens, we will just bury you right there."
Former first lady Barbara Bush greets her husband, former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, with a kiss after his successful skydive down to St. Anne's Episcopal Church on June 12, 2014 in Kennebunkport, Maine.had made the decision to jump as a tribute to his years as a pilot during WWII. In fact, the first time he jumped out of an airplane he was 19 years old, and it was 1944. His plane was shot down over the Pacific, so he was forced to jump.
His voice was weak but he continued,"Jenna, don’t be scared to be in the ring, and don’t forget to enjoy every moment — to live every moment. I miss being an active part of the game." And so today, seven years after the last time he jumped, I jump for him. And I will jump because I’m in the game, enjoying every moment, and feeling closer to him in the heavens.
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