The woman who fell from the sky, part 2
Tony Osornio was Mexico's best precision skydiver and the first woman to join her country's army. She says she belonged to the skies, until one jump changed her life forever.
Tony Osornio was Mexico's best precision skydiver and the first woman to join her country's army. She says she "belonged to the skies", and became a member of an elite team of performance skydivers called the Crazy Birds. She was prepared to sacrifice everything for her love of parachuting - until a disasterous jump nearly took her life.
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(Photo: Tony Osornio in uniform. Credit: Courtesy of Tony Osornio)
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