104-year-old woman dies one week after skydiving

STORY: One week earlier, on Sunday, October 1, Hoffner left behind her walker to do a 13,500-foot tandem leap from an airplane at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Illinois.

Hoffner was met with a huge round of applause once her feet returned to solid ground, even though the centenarian herself didn't see what all the fuss was about.

The Guinness World Record attended Hoffner's jump but has yet to complete the process of certifying it. The current record was set back in May 2022 by 103-year-old Linnéa Ingegärd Larsson from Sweden.