A Minnesota woman named Ida Shannon decided to celebrate her birthday by going skydiving for the first time -- at the age of 91. Shannon began planning it when her church friends asked her how she was going to celebrate her 90th birthday after impressing everyone by going ziplining for her 80th. Shannon said she was surprised when the members of her church stepped up to put her plan into action. "I didn't really think that was ever going to happen, but then they went ahead and raised money for me to do this," she said. The sky diving trip had to be delayed until closer to her 91st birthday due to the pandemic. "Life would be pretty dull if you didn't embrace adventures," Shannon said. "I like taking risks I think I was born that way." Shannon's church friends accompanied her to witness the tandem jump on Sunday.
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