86-year-old tries skydiving, loves it

VANDALIA – Seeing three people in wheelchairs upon entering Archway Skydiving Center near Vandalia did not make Betty Koerner nervous.

At 86, the rural Sidney woman decided not to let anything deter her from jumping out of an airplane and plummeting to Earth.

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