“102-year-old parachuting – in order to draw attention to the horrible disease,”
“the 102-year-old Irene O’shea is a real daredevil who recently defended his title as the ”world’s oldest skydiver”. Her driving force is the collection for the benefit of research on motorneuronsjukdomar and the old lady has no plans to retire. “
“– I Live long enough I’ll jump even when I’m 105 years old, ” says Irene to The Advertiser. “
“Last week showed australian Irene O’shea showed that age is just a number when she regained the record as the world’s oldest skydiver, which The Advertiser wrote about earlier. “
“When Irene O’Shea turned 100 years in 2016 since the celebrated she by parachute jumping for the first time. The goal was to draw attention to and collect money for the benefit of research on motorneuronsjukdomar (MND). “
“It is a group of neurological diseases in which the human motor neurons gradually broken down and it was a such a disease, her daughter passed away in. “
“I lost my daughter to that horrible disease for ten years ago and I miss her,” says Irene for The Advertiser. “
“”Want to jump in until I’m 105 years old””
“this year it was time again, and then she took the record as the world’s oldest fallskärmhoppare. Falling over 4 000 metres, at a speed of 220 kilometres an hour is nothing that scares this tough lady. “
“– I felt normal, much like the other times I jumped, ” she says to the newspaper. “
“so Far, Irene gathered 12 00 australian dollars, which is equivalent to approximately 78 000 Swedish kronor. With this year’s parachute jumps she hopes to get a further 10 000 dollars. But it does not stop there. “
” I want to jump next year also. I live long enough I’ll jump to the I am 105 years old, ” she says. “