Half Of All Skydiving Deaths In U.S. This Year Have Happened At The Same Airport
Rescuers were called to Longmont’s Vance Brand Municipal Airport, around 38 miles north of Denver on Saturday morning, to treat an unconscious man who had just done a skydive. Two off-duty nurses who were there tried to help him until responders arrived. Longmont police Sergeant John Wederquist said the man, who was named as Brock Barto, 29, from Frisco, was taken to hospital and later pronounced dead. Witnesses say that Barto’s parachute had opened and seemed to be working but there is speculation over whether he was attempting a special maneuver and simply misjudged the timing, Fox 31 reported....