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AUSTIN (NewsNation) — A 102-year-old United Kingdom pistillate celebrated her day not by blowing retired candles but by jumping 13,000 feet retired of a plane.
Manette Baillie became the oldest skydiver successful the United Kingdom aft she took the plunge implicit Beccles successful the English region of Suffolk connected Sunday.
Baillie told "Morning successful America" that 2 of her friends gave her the thought to leap retired of a plane.
"They told maine their grandfathers and fathers each did it successful their 80s, and erstwhile they arrived connected Earth again, they each said, "We'll bash it again.'" So, if it's that simple, I'll bash it," she said.
Baillie's daring leap is portion of her effort to rise wealth for 3 charities "very dear" to her heart: Motor Neurone Disease Association, East Anglia Air Ambulance and the Benhall and Sternfield Ex Servicemens' Village Social Club.
She plans to rise £30,000, astir $39,200 USD, and donate £10,000, astir $13,200 USD, to each charity.
"I privation to marque the connection wide that erstwhile you get to your 80s and 90s, don't springiness up, combat that aged property each the time, and don't springiness up immoderate hobbies oregon sports. You can't bash them arsenic good arsenic you did, that's all. But conscionable support astatine it and stitchery each your friends astir you and entertain them and beryllium sociable. And the days volition pass, and you won't recognize you're getting to beryllium 100," she said.
Baillie is nary alien to adventure. She celebrated her 100th day by driving astir the Silverstone contention way successful a Ferrari astatine 130 mph. Ahead of her jump, she received a peculiar enactment of enactment from Prince William.
To enactment Baillie's fundraiser, click here.
