Teenager Dies After Jumping Off 14-Story Building With ‘Homemade’ Parachute

Teenager Dies After Jumping Off 14-Story Building With ‘Homemade’ Parachute
A red marker shows the location of the city of Makiivka in Ukraine, where a boy died after jumping off a 14-story building on Dec. 15, 2018. Screenshot /Googlemaps
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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A teenager died after his parachute failed to open when he jumped off a 14-story building in Ukraine, according to local reports.

The 15-year-old boy’s mother was watching, together with dozens of onlookers as he threw himself off the building, trusting his life to what some reports describe as a homemade parachute, a crash helmet, and “padding” on the ground below.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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