A great-great-grandmother has marked her 90th birthday with a hair-raising 13,000ft skydive to raise money for charity.
Amy Cook, from Kingston, London took on the tandem parachute jump with the aim of raising just £500 – but has already smashed the £2,000 mark.
The daredevil pensioner, who turned 90 on August 8, said she had always wanted to do a skydive and feared this would be her last chance – but was left unimpressed when she was instructed to remove her false teeth before jumping from the plane.
The funds raised from Amy’s jump went to The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, after the hospital cared for her 56-year-old daughter, Jane Fuller, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015.
Speaking after her jump at the Go Sky dive in Salisbury, the grandmother-of-eight told MailOnline: ‘It was amazing and I really enjoyed it. The only thing I didn’t like was having to take my false teeth out before the jump.
‘I flopped out of the plane and was hit by a force of wind but then it was nice and calm as we slowly went down.
‘It’s something I have wanted to do all my life but my husband didn’t like heights so I never bought it up because I didn’t want him to worry.’
Amy added: ‘My grandson, Tom, did a parachute jump for his 30th birthday last year which gave me the idea.
‘It was my last chance to do it and a great way to thank The Royal Marsden for taking care of my daughter, Jane.’
Speaking about her mum’s thrill-seeking challenge, Jane, from Sutton, said: ‘I wasn’t pleased when I found out about what she was planning to do but it’s wonderful to raise money for such a worthy cause.’
Jane, who underwent surgery and radiotherapy at RMH, added: ‘The staff have been wonderful to me and I cannot fault the care I’ve received.’
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A great-great-grandmother has marked her 90th birthday with a hair-raising 13,000ft skydive to raise money for charity. Amy Cook, from Kingston, London took on the tandem parachute jump with the aim of raising just £500 – but has already smashed the £2,000 mark. The daredevil pensioner, who turned 90 on August 8, said she had […] Read Full Story
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