He jumped from a parachute for his birthday and became a paraplegic – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

A woman experienced a tragic experience after trying to celebrate her birthday by jumping from a parachute in Colombia.

This is Luisa María Jansasoy Peña, who had planned to celebrate something special. On Sunday, February 3, she went with her husband and a friend to the outskirts of Palmira, a town in the Valle del Cauca department located Cali 30 km away.

The company "Halcones Paracaidismo Cali" was responsible for the start of the adventure, which lasted about 20 minutes of flying over an airplane.

Once they found the exact location from which they would do the maneuver, the young woman threw herself with her instructor. Then, her friend did, while from below, her husband watched carefully what was happening.

The problem began to be obvious when the big speed difference between the two parachutes was noticeable. It is in the middle of the course that the instructor had to open the emergency parachute, the former having become entangled. The situation became even worse after the incomplete deployment of the emergency device.

As a result, the two men landed very hard and the woman fell down. This caused a fracture of the L1 vertebra.

"At that moment, she felt terrible pain and immediately stopped feeling her legs," said her husband.

From the company, they badured that they were conducting the corresponding investigation and that in 20 years, such an event had never happened. At the same time, the Colombian authorities are also collaborating to define the responsibilities.