A member of the
Army Golden Knights parachute team died Sunday after being injured during a
performance at the Chicago Air and Water Show, authorities said.
Sgt. 1st Class Corey Hood, 32, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was hurt
Saturday when he collided in midair with a member of the Navy Leap Frogs team
during a group maneuver,the abc7 reported.
After Hood's
emergency chute opened he struck a building on North Lake Shore Drive and fell
to the ground, a spectator told WLS.
Hood, who had
survived five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, died Sunday afternoon at
Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The Navy skydiver landed on North Avenue Beach and broke his
leg, WLS said. He is expected to recover, said Allison Bettencourt, public
affairs officer with the Army.
The Army and
Navy skydiving teams were performing a maneuver called "bomb burst,"
which called for 13 skydivers to hold hands in a circle for about 15 seconds, the Chicago
Tribune reported
After the
skydivers broke apart in different directions Hood and the Navy skydiver
collided in the air, the Tribune said.
"We heard a
noise in the sky, my girlfriend and I," witness Daniel McSweeney told WLS.
"We saw a reserve chute, didn't know what that means at the time. It was
really scary. He was coming in really low and appeared to be motionless."
McSweeney said
he thought that was part of the act. Cook hit the building and fell about 30
stories, McSweeney said.
The airshow
continued Sunday but the skydiving teams canceled their performances.
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