Jumping into his 90th birthday

Carl Gotcher gets ready to go skydiving on his birthday Saturday morning. Photos by Rachel Anne Seymour/Bigheart Times

Carl Gotcher gets ready to go skydiving on his birthday Saturday morning. Photos by Rachel Anne Seymour/Bigheart Times

Few people live to see their 90th birthday. Fewer decide to go skydiving when they finally reach that august age. But that is exactly what Carl Gotcher did Saturday. “It’ll be his best birthday ever,” his daughter Pat Harris said. Pat and more than 50 family members gathered at Skydive Airtight in

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This entry was posted on Saturday, July 21st, 2012 at 2:57 pm. It is filed under Features, News, Osage County, Rachel Anne Seymour, Skiatook and tagged with . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

3 Responses to “Jumping into his 90th birthday”

  1. Pat Harris says:
    July 22, 2012 at 8:21 am

    Thanks so much for coming out to help us celebrate a very special birthday and sharing this special story. He loved the jump and we all love him, so that jump will live in all our hearts for a very long time. Was the best birthday party ever!

  2. SteveOrino says:
    July 23, 2012 at 8:02 pm

    I was Carl’s Tandem Master on his jump. He was such a pro! Great attitude and did such a great job as a skydiver. I’ve had people 70 years younger than him not do as well. Carl, if you want to jump at 95 it is on me (if you trust your life to what will then be a 62 year old tandem master)!!

    SteveOrino
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    TI-13

    • Pat Harris says:
      July 24, 2012 at 9:05 am

      Steve. I’ll be sure he sees this…cause he’ll sure want to take you up on that offer:) Thanks for helping him celebrate in a great way!! He loved it!