Ivan Lester McGuire, an experienced skydiver, was documenting a tandem jump and made a critical error: He forgot to equip himself with parachute when jumped. Ivan continued filming, with his last words captured on camera being, “Oh my God, no!”
On the 2nd of April, 1988, a typical day of skydiving at the Franklin County Sports Parachute Center in North Carolina took a harrowing turn that would etch itself into the annals of skydiving mishaps.
Ivan Lester McGuire, a seasoned skydiver with over 800 jumps under his belt, embarked on what was to be his third and tragically final jump of the day.