LUMBERTON, Miss. — A skydiving instructor from Pensacola, Fla., died in a swamp after a tandem jump that left his student hospitalized, Lamar County Sheriff Danny Rigel said Sunday.
James Horak Jr., 56, an instructor for the Emerald Coast Skydiving Center in Elberta, Ala., died Saturday in a swamp about a mile from the airport in Lumberton, Miss. He was safety-conscious and had made more than 8,000 dives, said his wife, Debbie Horak....
Hmmmm.
Three other skydivers who jumped with them told investigators that equipment appeared to malfunction, Rigel said Sunday....
Or was sabotaged.
The sheriff’s office was called at 1:40 p.m. Saturday, more than 3 hours after the jump, Rigel said. He said he did not know the reason for the delay.
The owner of a hunting lease for the area found the men....
Debbie Horak said she and their three children were waiting for autopsy results to find out what happened to her husband, a full-time physician’s assistant and part-time pilot and skydiving instructor....
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