laverne everett is shrugging off the terrifying moments. she looks like she doesn't want to get out but that wasn't the case, she says it was her knees that gave out. >> some people think she is being forced out of the plane. >> no. i don't look at it that way. i wanted to jump. >> reporter: once they did jump it was clear something went wrong. >> harness came off. slipped down. i didn't know anything. only to hold on. that is all. >>> the parachute opened and she landed safely but the video went viral on the internet. parachute center says that the video is more than a-year-old and would only add that no one got hurt. she says at the time of the dive she didn't know what happened because her shirt covered her face and now she is seeking another adventure. >> never road in a race car. >> she is remarkable. while laverne everett may have moved on the faa is looking into the parachute center and this frightening sky dive. the faa already proposed $900,000 in civil penalties against the company for violations unrelated to the dive. when asked

fortunately, laverne everett and her instructor who was holding on to her ever so tightly, they both landed safely. our affiliate kovr spoke to the daring lady on her harrowing experience. >> i just wanted to do it. >> reporter: the daredevil herself, 81-year-old laverne everett. laverne, who lives in this modest studio apartment in oakdale says she craves a little excitement once in a while. so last year for her 80th birthday, she decided to jump out of a plane. when you're telling your family you want to skydive, what's their reaction to you? >> what's their -- oh, they thought i was very brave, but, it's just something i've wanted to do for a long time. >> reporter: so last may, laverne did just that at parachute center. >> once you get on that edge, that's another story. the upper harness came off. you know, it slipped down. >> reporter: laverne says her shirt flew up against her face so she couldn't see a thing and didn't realize exactly what happened until she saw the video for herself. >> i didn't know anything, only to hold on, that's all. >> reporter: and now she says it's t

laverne everett said she signed a waiver, so she has a really good spirit, a good sport about it.d a waiver so she has no plans to sue the skydiving company. >> that is scary. >> have you ever wanted to do that? >> no, i don't like that free-falling thing. round and round, yeah, but down, huh-uh. >> maybe you'll take the plunge? >> no. no. >> i thought about it back in my college days. now i've since come to my senses. and i'm a thrill-seeker. i love crazy, daring things, but not this one. >> look how scary that is. her harness came loose. it came all the way up to the top. she's hanging on for dear life. i would have had a heart attack personally. >> the faa is now looking into that whole thing, too. apparently it does happen. it's an occurrence where a harness could loosen, not attached properly. they want to look into it. but it is rare, according to the faa. >>> okay. we've got something else that's really fascinating. remember that tsunami a year ago? debris starting to wash up. >> right. >> take this harley-davidson bike, this really was a prize beauty of one owner in japan.

for her 80th birthday lavern everett wanted to go skydiving but didn't expect her knee to go out at the last second. as a result lavern dangled hundreds of feet in the air appearing like she might slip out of her harness any moment. watching the video is terrifying. imagine living it. >> well, i just kind of froze i guess you would say. i just held on. you do what i got to, do you know. put yourself in my position. i think you'd be holding on, too. >> holding on is an understatement. come on, lavern. let's not chance it. lavern said she had a rough landing but credits her instructor for holding on. wow, one brave granny indeed. >>> all right. lindsay murphy is here with what's on deck with sports. >> you will never catch me doing that ever. the racetrack busy in both indy racing and the sprint cup circuit and game one of the western conference finals in the nba and the nationals bring out the broom in atlanta and gio gains says sorry, those stories -- gonzalez says story, those stories next. >> that does it for us. fox 5 news always on www.myfoxdc.com. keep it right here. sports xtra tw

fortunately laverne everett and her instructor did land safely. he was holding on tight to her.e to her on her harrowing experience. >> once you get on that edge, that's another story. upper harness came off. it slipped down. i didn't know anything, only to hold on. that's all. >> laverne everett says she signed a waiver so she has no plans to sue the skydiving company. >>> a heartbreaking story out of california, but it has very much a happy ending. this little dog was severely injured after someone strapped it with explosives, and then actually detonated it. police rushed the dog to an animal hospital where staff affectionately named him rocket. his real name is dexter. they're offering a reward leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who did that to little rocket. >>> dario franchitti wins the indy 500 for the third time. he won right after a crash on the final lap, right there. whoa. the driver barely missed franchitti after going for the lead into that first turn. franchitti, who is the husband of the actress and singer ashley judd, was able to speed across the f

that's 81-year-old laverne everett who decided to go sky diving to celebrate her birthday last year. that is until it was time to take the plunge and she didn't want to do it. too late, her instructor jumped and she fell out of her harness hanging on for life all the way down. we want you to know she's okay. wow. a soccer field transformed,ic maing a difference this weekend by keeping memories alive. >>> as we honor erk many's war dead this week, another grim milestone was reached in afghanistan. a 26-year-old sailor became the 3,000th american service member to die there. but thanks to the people of p e pocatello, idaho, neither he or his fallen comrades will be forgotten. >> reporter: such a simple idea -- what was your motivation back in '03? >> he stopped and held up his arms like this and said hey, you baby burner. >> reporter: so he vowed that those in iraq and afghanistan would be remembered differently. this is pocatello's field of heroes with seemingly the whole town pitching in, a cross for each of those fallen in those two wars. the crosses made by korean war vet oscar and

we're going to talk to 81-year-old laverne everett exclusively in a moment. but first, her story.r laverne everett skydiving had been a lifelong dream. >> this something you always wanted to do? >> for years. >> reporter: so last year, after turning 80, everett decided it was time to take the plunge. >> what's the reason? >> i just turned 80. >> reporter: she needed a little push when her knees went out right before the jump. >> he helped me. he gave me a little boost with his feet. and he did that. he knew how bad i wanted to do it. >> reporter: but what happened next could have made that birthday her last, as she fell through the air in a tandem skydive, everett somehow slipped from the harness. >> i think i knew something was coming not right, but i didn't know it was as bad as it was. so to speak. >> reporter: as she dangled from the straps, she couldn't see a thing. >> because my toes were up over my face. the >> reporter: the videographer tried to help the instructor but as the pair tumbled there was nothing anyone could do. everett was still hanging as they finally touched

lavern everett went sky diving for the first time but as this video shows it wasn't smooth sailing.he ended up twisted and tangling in midair. now fortunately the instructor opened the parachute and held on to her and she landed safely. but for her next birthday, lavern wants to ride a race car. she changes her mind when she was going, i don't want to get out of the plane. >> that's one of the reasons why i never plan to do that. >> you don't know when you turn 80, you don't know what crazy things you have in mind. >> i never plan to do that. >> let's take a look at the temperatures throughout the region. i have a tremendous fear of jumping out of planes yes. >> you do. >> dewpoint 71-degree, the barometer has actually been holding steady. 2.99-inches. pretty comfortable 76 ocean city. 81 in washington. it's a humid night in the 70s, downtown may not get much lower than about 76, 77 tonight. very light southwest winds keep us in the warm air. through tomorrow but tomorrow night, and in the afternoon a front to the west has created thundershower activity near chicago this afternoon.

firmly on terra firma 81 year-old lavern everett's its dallas tell a story short to stop the hearts ofage hasps she says for a decade or single focus was to high above the central valley floor and to jump. she chose the lower deck parachute center their web site promotes the company is one of the largest and oldest skies in the u.s.. 48 years experience the thrill like no other. but on her 80th birthday last may she says she got an experience like no other. one the defied death. >>> at his tel lawn. i just held on you do all you have to do. hi there it was the hardest for the struggle in the harness. normally the novice is attached to the instructors chest but her case that there were detached dangling as he pulled the rip cord. >>> put yourself in my position. learn never sees himself as lucky she is here to celebrate her 81st birthday. >>> faa investigators were here yesterday but it is our no word on how they came out of the harness csi did do background checks and found there were four deaths connected with the parachute center since 2009 with them was just last month i can also te

. >> the daredevil herself, 81 year-old lavern everett.studio apartment and says she craves excitement once in awhile. last year, for her 80th birthday, she decided to jump out of an airplane. for family what was your family's reaction? >> they thought that i was brave. it is something i have wanted to do for a long time. >> last may, she did just that. >> once you get on the edge, it is another story. the upper harnessed came off. >> she says her shirt flew up against her face, she could not see anything and did not realize what happened until she saw the video for herself. >> i did not know anything, only to hold on. this >> now, she says it is time to cross off another item on her bucket list. >> i have never ridden in a race car. >>darya: considering what happened with the parachute, i do not think she should do the race car. the faa says it is investigating the entire thing because they have to look at how to the harness slip and if she was properly put in or what. she was pretty calm. >>mark: i'm thinking, she survived that, why not

her name is laverne everett, this was in fact for her 80th birthday. it happened back in may of 2011 but her sister recently uploaded it to youtube so friends and family from out of state could take a look at it. we all thought at the time that the instructor had pushed her out of of the plane. but laverne says, no. her knees actually locked up and that's what she was doing when she was holding on to the door of the plane. listen to her here in an interview with cbs 13 in sacramento. >> some people look at that video an think she's being forced out of that plane. >> no. no. i don't look at it that way. he knew how bad i wanted to jump. >> now laverne says that her upper harness slipped off and that's what led to this crazy scene. she also told cbs 13 in sacramento that she didn't exactly even know what was happening during the whole fall because her shirt was over her head. >> that's probably a good thing that she didn't know what was happening or couldn't see what was happening. >> i didn't know anything. only to hold on. >> it's great to see that she

an 80-year-old laverne everett doing her first sky dive then she slipped from her harness. what she was thinking at that moment. >> thankfully she is okay. every time you see that you catch your breath. >>> the passenger jet that caused so many panic. the engine failed at takeoff. burning parts from the sky on to cars below. jim avila with the latest. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, robin. in fact, it was scary moments both in the air and on the ground as the engine began to break apart and burn. severely testing the industry standard that these passenger jets must be able to fly even takeoff on one engine. listen as the pilot of the air canada 777 declares an emergency landing. >> we just want to confirm we have the trucks ready at the end of the runway. >> a full response. they'll be there for you. >> reporter: the jumbo jet carrying 318 passengers from toronto to tokyo had lost half of its takeoff power. one of its two engines blowing at a critical time, liftoff. >> we had i guess people culling in saying they saw smoke and flames coming from the plane. >>

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. >> reporter: laverne everett's 80th birthday was almost her last. >> are you excited to go skydiving>> i'm real excited. >> whose idea was all this? >> mine! >> reporter: last may, she celebrated by jumping out of an airplane near sacramento, california. hesitating before her instructor pries her hands free. but then a major problem. laverne's harness is too loose. she dangles precariously. her instructor desperately hanging on as they plummet at 125 miles per hour. she spoke to tv station kovr. >> i just held on. you do what you gotta do, you know. >> reporter: finally, the instructor manages to deploy the chute. >> help them, john. help them. >> reporter: they touch down. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: shaken but unhurt. this video posted online this week is going viral. in a statement, the skydiving's owner said, "this happened a long time ago and everything worked as advertised. no one got hurt or injured." the faa isn't so sure. an investigator went to question the parachute center on friday and it's not the first time the company has been in trouble. racking up nearly $1 million i

her name was laverne everett. it is a little scary when you watch this.o see it soon. >> oh, good grief. >> the instructor's hanging on to her. her shirt's coming off. >> she's fine is why we can -- you can watch this -- the photographer was literally reaching out trying to pull them back in the plane. can you see his hand? but he couldn't catch them. then they just continued to fall down. he was telling her hang on to me, hang on to me. when he pulled the chute, it jerk her back up again. anyway, bottom line is she landed, she had a couple of bruises and she's fine. >> now she's got her own reality series. that's what happens these days. i don't know. that's the last thing in the world i would ever put on my bucket list. last thing! >> she wants to get in a race car now. >> maybe she won't now. >> no, she said she did. >> would you ever do that? >> never. i wouldn't because the rush of the falling through the sky doesn't -- it doesn't thrill me. just terrifies me. doesn't seem fun. it is scary. >> you're almost scared for justin bieber the other day had

laverne everette. 81 years old, california. you don't know laverne, do you. >> not well. to go out to dinner. >> bill: she wanted to celebrate -- she is 81. i think she took her strategy from president bush the elder because laverne went skydiving. two. go. >> she fell through the air in tandem sky dive everett slipped from the harness. >> i think i knew something was kind of not right i didn't know it was as bad as it was to to speak. >> as she dangle from the strap, she couldn't see a thing. >> i felt my harness slip on the shoulder here, my left shoulder. and that's about i guess all maybe i wanted to know. [ laughter ] >> were you screaming? >> no. >> was he screaming? >> no. his telling me to hang on. >> bill: two things. definitely affected laverne's hair. >> yeah. >> bill: great publicity for the skydiving company. i don't think she was in danger of dying, was she? >> i don't know. she is slipping through. i the guy was holding on to her in mid-air. >> bill: that's what the guy is supposed to do. >> in any danger of dying are you crazy? >> bill: i'm not going to be

. >>> laverne everett said she wanted to go skydiving, but you can see she appears to change her mindlly leaves the plane for that tandem jump, and she nearly slips from the harness. for several heart-stopping seconds, the instructor struggles to hang on to her and pull the cord to deploy the chute. laverne tells "today" this morning she has no hard feelings. >> he helped me, gave me a little boost with his feet. i needed that. he knew how bad i wanted to do it. >> i would have given him a booth with my feet. for this year she says she'd like to try race car driving. buckle up tight, laverne. >>> you've done it a couple times. >> yeah. and it wasn't anything like that. very lucky, folks, very scary video. now this morning we have cool temperatures outside. 40s and 50s outside. low clouds all the way into livermore. actually they have moved into sacramento this morning. the low clouds have surged way inland. showers now have moved to the east, so no threat the thunderstorms today like we saw in parts of the north bay, so hour by hour, notice 9:00 still lots of low clouds. starting to s

laverne everett wanted to go sky diving but she didn't expect her knees to give out at the last secondas a result, los angeles vice president dangled hundreds of feet in the air. watching the video is terrifying. imagine living it. >> well, i kind of froze i guess you would say. i just held on. you do what you got to do, you know. put yourself in my position. i think you would be holding on too. >> i'll never put myself in that position. laverne says she had a rough landing but she credits her instructor for holding on. >> i think at that point, i would be done. >>> some ecofriendly buildings posing an unintended danger to birds. are some skyscrapers turning into death traps for birds? all about the new windows. we'll slain that coming up. >> good morning. after a few storms last night, we are quiet right now. will we have some storms later today? >> i'll have all the details coming up after the break. lauren demarco has all the details on the traffic too. >>> tropical storm beryl making headlines this morning. parts of florida and georgia are already experiencing heavy rains and stron

laverne everett lives in california. she went for a skydive for her birthday.t was a tandem jump where you're attached to another. but when she jumped from the plane, something went very wrong. >> the upper harness came off. it flipped down. i didn't know anything, only to hold on. that's all. >> that's right. the only way she didn't fall to the ground was by holding on literally for dear life to her jumping partner. he held on, too and they landed safely. laverne says she didn't even know what was going on at the time. video of her jump is going viral on youtube. she's going to do it again. we, we don't know. >> the fact she had the strength at 80 years old to hold on. >> the velocity and gravity pulling. >>> 6:49. time to reveal the answer of wet to the morning. here's the question one more time. 45,000 of these consumed every minute in the united states. are we talking about a, hamburgers, b, french fries or c, soft drinks. >> we thought it was soft drinks but the answer is a, hamburgers. and it is tuesday, too, so you can have a hamburger. >>> here's jessic

. >> reporter: laverne everett wanted to go sky diving. >> whose idea was all this?. >> what's the reason? >> i just turned 80. >> reporter: but what happened next could have made that birthday her last. as she fell through the air in a tandem skydive, everett somehow slipped from her harness. >> i think i knew something was kind of not right, but i didn't know it was as bad as it was, so to speak. >> reporter: as she dangled from the straps, the 80-year-old couldn't see a thing. >> because my clothes was up over my face. >> reporter: the videographer tries to get close enough to help the instructor, but as the pair tumbled, there is nothing anyone else can do. everett is still hanging as they finally touch down. >> hold on. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: one year after the fall, the video has gone viral, but the now 81-year-old everett says she has no hard feelings. >> i'm not sorry i did it. >> reporter: as for questions if the video appears to show her changing her mind about the jump and being pushed out of the plane, she says her knees went out right before she jum

take look at this video, laverne everett slipped from her harness in a tandem sky dive connected to hertor, she dangled as she tumbled to the ground. she went sky-diving last year for her 80th birthday. she talked about this mishap with matt lauer today on the "today show." >> i felt my harness slip on the shoulder here, my left shoulder. and that, that's about -- i guess all i, maybe i wanted to know or -- >> were you screaming? >> no. >> was he screaming? >> no. but he was telling me to hang on. >> hold on to anything you could grap grab. >> i had these, part of my harness, i guess. >> and you were holding on to that. >> i had them handles. >> wow. what a brave lady. >> she says she had fun and she's not upset with the sky diving company. nearly half a million people have seen that video. her sister posted it online. the faa is now investigating this incident. >> it's 11:26 now. coming up in the next half hour of "news4 midday" -- the hazard from above that seriously damaged cars and put a scare into a lot of people. >>> plus something you don't hear from metro very often -- the cost

. >> this is scary stuff from a year ago when laverne everett wanted to celebrate her 80th birthday with tandem sky dive. but as she fell through the air, she slipped through her harness, dangled through the straps and hung on and managed to do so. she actually hung in there. on the video you can see here appears to show her changing her mind about that jump. and then she's pushed out of the plane by her instructor. everett says her knees went out right before she jumped. >> he helped me -- he gave me a little boost with his feet, and he did that. he knew how bad i wanted to do it. >> well, the faa is looking into the incident and confirms it has proposed over $900,000 in unrelated fives iffer tfor the n california parachute center. this case right now is still pending. nbc news has reached out to the parachute center owner about everett's jump. he would only say no one got injured and the landing was fine. that's crazy. >> that is scary to see. >>> well, still ahead, tracking the latest developments in vallejo after another officer-involved shooting. a live report next.

and in the next couple of days, they plan to talk to laverne everett.oman who jumped out of the plane as well as her tandem instructor to see exactly what was going on. we should note the f.a.a. has a very long history with this company the parachute center. they have proposed more than $900,000 in fines against this company for a series of violations that have nothing to do with this incident right here. but because they can't come to terms on a settlement agreement. now the f.a.a. has turned this whole thing over to the u.s. attorney's office and the u.s. attorney will launch another investigation. harris. >> harris: and it's interesting because this woman's family put this out but she had quite a bit to say, too. >> yeah. i mean she did. and she does not blame the company. she said, look, i have been looking forward to this jump for 10 years. you could tell before she actually got on board the plane she was very excited. now, she admits that she did need a little nudge to get out of plane but she is glad she went. once she started falling, she said s

laverne everette wanted to do it for her birrhddy..n falling out of her harness...after jumping out of the plaae.her instructor ggabs her feet and everette ddngles hundreds of feet up in he air. sot everette: "i just held on.. (laughs) you do what i gotta do, you know."sot everette: "put yourself ii my position, iithink you'd be holding on too" too." the f-a-a says, she may not have been harnessed properly... or tte harness may have bben loosened in a struggle with her instructor. a recently laii off veteran in inniana had an extra reason to celeerate this memorial day peekend beeause he won the lott! lottery!tom fisher won 10- thousand dollars.the ticket matched four digits in friday's mega millions drawing... as well as the mega ball.the father of three hopes this is just the beginning of his lucky streek. saturday morning i woke up and the ppol table and i got to numbers are looking goodit'' &pjust been a lessing hitting this and takessa little pressure off thh coooer for now. now.fisher was laid off work just two months ago. he adm

laverne everett said she wanted to jump out of a plane for ten years!she changed her mind just before the jump holding on to the plane for dear life. the instructor pushed her out and as they fall, her harness slips off and the partner held on to her tight. they both made it down safely i am so happy to report. >> i wonder if she ever does that again. >> she said she wanted to. >> oh! she was holding her legs as they were going down. she was upside down. he was holding her legs. she must have been terrified. >> i jumped out of a plane. it's a really cool experience but i was harnessed to the golden knights who have never lost anybody so i was in pretty good hands. >> i did it once before and said i would never do it again and i called my parents and they hung up on me. thanks so much. >> i want to know how she drives! >> do you think she is a good driving? i hope a better driver than sky diving. >> he is always at pope benedict's side but the butler is accused of a disroyal act and has been arrested. the documents reveal an internal power struggle withi

it starts out as a charming little tale about 80-year-old laverne everett celebrating her birthday withal sky dive. >> i just turned 80. >> happy birthday. >> but when they're up at 13,000 feet the nerves set in and when it comes time to jump she is grasping at the door. it looks like she does not want to go. her instructor finally gets her out the door. from there, though, it only gets worse. laverne's safety harness comes loose. she's dangling there, her shirt whipped up clinging to her instructor for dear life as they tumble at 125 miles an hour. watch as they finally come back down to earth. incredibly managing to land safely. >> oh, my god. >> but while on this videotape, laverne seems shaken up. >> whoa. >> when tv station kovr caught up with her she seemed to have a sense of humor about the whole thing. >> i just held on. you do what you have -- i got to do, you know. >> reporter: that moment where she appeared to be having second thoughts she says her instructor did not force her out. >> he had to give me a little judge. >> reporter: and she says it's a blessing that her shirt b