Man who died skydiving is identified
The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office identified today the skydiver who died after a hard landing on Oahu’s North Shore this weekend as Robert McCord, of Kapaa, Kauai. He was 62.
McCord was jumping solo with Pacific Skydiving when the incident happened about 8:20 a.m. Saturday at the Dillingham Airfield in Waialua.
Pacific Skydiving manager Randy Pacheco said McCord was an experienced skydiver with more than 5,000 jumps and was injured when his parachute caught on a tree, and McCord was slammed to the ground.
Other jumpers with McCord, including an emergency room doctor and nurse, rushed to his aid and began CPR, Pacheco said.
Paramedics continued CPR on McCord and took him in critical condition to a hospital where he died.
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My deepest ALOHA to his ohana.