{"id":16519,"date":"2014-04-10T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=16519"},"modified":"2014-04-10T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T23:00:00","slug":"2014-04-11-222-sequential-day-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/2014-04-11-222-sequential-day-7\/","title":{"rendered":"222 Sequential Day 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/3684a1b6-21c8-49ad-bd84-323cfaaf7c3b.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p>We have some very sad news from this morning: On April 3, 2014 at approximately 7:30 a.m an experienced skydiver had a main parachute malfunction. The malfunctioning parachute was released too low to allow the reserve parachute to fully open.  The skydiver was declared dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The incident was not related to the size of the group, nor were any other skydivers involved. 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The group will continue to hold the slot open in the skydiver&#8217;s honor.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>Other daily entries<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Next article, <a href=\"\/article\/222-sequential-final-day\">222-way  Sequential Final Day<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Previous article, <a href=\"\/article\/222-sequential-day-6\">222-way Sequential Day 6<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Previous article, <a href=\"\/article\/222-sequential-day-5\">222-way Sequential Day 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Previous article, <a href=\"\/article\/222-sequential-day-4\">222-way Sequential Day 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Previous article, <a href=\"\/article\/222-sequential-day-3\">222-way Sequential Day 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Previous article, <a href=\"\/article\/222-sequential-day-2\">222-way Sequential Day 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Previous article, <a href=\"\/article\/222-sequential-day-1\">222-way Sequential Day 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"World Team\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/\/118b0e0d-83b7-408d-9d5e-02c1772f7d54.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>First article, warm-up: <a href=\"\/article\/fly-it-forward\">Fly it Forward<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have some very sad news from this morning: On April 3, 2014 at approximately 7:30 a.m an experienced skydiver had a main parachute malfunction. 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