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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Francis Louie C. Añiga

Skydivers Make Daring Emergency Jump to Plane Crash Site After Spotting Aircraft 'Disappear Behind the Trees'

A group of Skydive Milwaukee jumpers in Wisconsin became first responders when they parachuted into a cornfield plane crash they had just witnessed (Credit: mttoldi/Flickr)

A group of skydivers in Wisconsin jumped from a Skydive Milwaukee aircraft near a crash site on Sunday after watching a small plane go down in a cornfield, then gave first aid to a woman with a serious head injury until ambulance crews arrived.

The skydivers, from Skydive Milwaukee, had seen the single‑engine aircraft descend behind trees near East Troy Municipal Airport, according to the Town of East Troy Police Department and local broadcasters.

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