It is supposed to be the happiest day of any woman’s life, but an Indian air force official decided he could upstage his future wife — by dropping in from 2,100m.
Shisir Mishra, an accomplished skydiver, jumped from a helicopter and landed in a sports ground close to the bride’s home in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa state.
Mishra, along with three friends, jumped free fall before opening his parachute about 100m from the ground and landing to cheers from hundreds of well-wishers at the wedding ceremony.
PHOTO: AFP
“The idea of doing something on the occasion of my marriage struck me after I read about a couple in Maharashtra getting married in a hot air balloon recently,” said Mishra, whose bride gifted him a bouquet on arrival.
“Not for a moment was I scared. I was sure he would make it,” bride Sweta Prusty said.
The jump was meat and drink for Mishra who previously won a place in the Indian equivalent of the Guinness World Records for jumping free fall from 4,500m with the Indian national flag in hand.
(AFP)
這理當是女人一生中最快樂的一天，但一位印度空官決定搶走未來老婆大人的風采—從兩千一百公尺的高空跳下。
席瑟．米希拉是一位跳傘高手，他從直昇機上一躍而下，降落在奧里沙邦布巴紐瓦的新娘家附近的運動場上。
米希拉和三個朋友一起進行自由落體跳傘，在離地面約一百公尺時才拉開降落傘，並在上百位婚宴賓客的歡呼聲中降落。
米希拉說：「我最近讀到一篇報導說，在馬哈拉施特拉邦有一對夫婦乘坐熱氣球完婚，腦中便閃過我也可以在自己的婚禮上做點什麼的念頭。」降落時，他的新娘還向他獻花。
新娘絲薇塔．普魯斯提說：「我一點也不擔心害怕，我確信他辦得到。」
跳傘對米希拉來說輕而易舉，他先前才從四千五百公尺的高空、手拿著印度國旗進行自由落體跳傘，在印度一項相當於金氏世界紀錄的活動中創下紀錄。
（法新社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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