美國老太高空跳傘慶祝百歲生日
GANSEVOORT, N.Y. (AP) — Eleanor Cunningham of Howes Cave, New York, has bested former President GeorgeH.W. Bush.
紐約市,甘斯沃爾特(美聯社)——來自紐約市Howes Cave的埃莉諾·坎寧安(Eleanor Cunningham)打破了總統老布什的記錄。He celebrated his 90th birthday by Skydiving; she made the big leap to mark her centennial.
老布什通過跳傘慶祝自己的90大壽;而埃莉諾·坎寧安有跨越式表現,她通過跳傘慶祝自己的百歲生日。Cunningham kissed her 7-month-old great-great-granddaughter before suiting up for her 100th birthday jump Saturday at Saratoga Skydiving in Gansevoort (GANZ'-voort). It was her thirdjump, after taking up the sport at age 90.
跳傘地點位於甘斯沃爾特的薩拉託加。週六,在爲跳傘穿上整套服裝前,坎寧安親吻了自己7個月大的玄孫女。這是她第三次跳傘,她從90歲開始從事這項運動。
Cunningham lives with her granddaughter intheir Schoharie (skoh-HAYR'-ee) County home in central New York. Her doctor signed off on the skydiving expedition, saying her health makes her more than capable of doing what she loves.
坎寧安同她的孫女居住在紐約市中部的斯科哈里縣。她的醫生同意她跳傘慶生,說她的身體狀況允許她嘗試自己想做的事情。Dean McDonald of Saratoga Skydiving says Cunningham is his oldest jump partner yet.
來自薩拉託加跳傘隊的迪恩·麥克唐納(Dean McDonald)說,目前爲止,坎寧安是他最年長的跳傘搭檔。