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An 18-year-old girl who was to start her first year in college this August died in a skydiving accident with her instructor in the United States.
Jeanna Renee Triplicata and her grandmother planned to go skydiving, which was on the teen鈥檚 bucket list. The teen was with her instructor, experienced skydiver Nick Esposito, conducting a tandem jump when their parachute failed to open, Atlanta Journal-Constitution聽reported last Tuesday, July 14.
The teen鈥檚 parents, siblings and a family friend went with Triplicata and her grandmother Sunday, July 12, to watch them. The family saw the grandma land within their view. When it was Triplicata鈥檚 turn, the family did not see the student鈥檚 parachute land.
The teen鈥檚 father, Joey Triplicata, said that his family saw a parachute spinning out of control, but they were not certain it was Jeanna鈥檚.
鈥淚t was the worst day of our lives,鈥� Joey was quoted as saying. 鈥淚t doesn鈥檛 even seem real. We鈥檙e going to miss her every day for the rest of our lives.鈥�
Some employees from the skydiving company, Skydive Atlanta, told the family that they would search for the teen. When they returned without Jeanna, the father decided to personally search the field.
Upson Sheriff Dan Kilgore later confirmed to the family that the teen and her 35-year-old instructor had died.
He said that after the two exited the aircraft, the primary parachute failed to open. The emergency parachute, on the other hand, did not deploy until the tandem was at an extremely low altitude. It also did not fully open, according to the report.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is conducting the autopsies of the two victims鈥� bodies. A videographer, who was documenting Jeanna and Esposito鈥檚 flight, was not injured. After the investigation is completed, the family will be allowed to see the girl鈥檚 final moments.
鈥淚鈥檓 hoping and praying that she was just having the time of her life,鈥� the father said in the report.
Skydive Atlanta鈥檚 owner sent his condolences to the family and declared that their community was 鈥渄evastated鈥� and at a 鈥渓oss for words鈥� after to the incident.
After turning 18, Jeanna apparently had three things she wanted to check off her list. Aside from skydiving, the student wanted to get a nose ring and a small tattoo to honor her late grandfather. Her father said in the report that 鈥淛eanna wasn鈥檛 scared a bit鈥� to try the extreme sport. She was meant to go to the University of North Georgia to study education.
A was set up in memory of the teen last Tuesday to help with the family鈥檚 funeral expenses. Cha Lino聽/ra
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