93-year-old WWII paratrooper Jim "Pee Wee" Martin marks D-Day with Encore Jump

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

NORMANDY, France -- On Monday, the "CBS Evening News" met Jim Martin of Xenia, Ohio. On D-Day in 1944, he parachuted into Normandy with the 101st Airborne Division. On Thursday, he performed an encore.
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Martin, now 93, joined daredevils from all over the world to commemorate the D-Day anniversary. He landed on the same patch of land as he did 70 years ago, just behind Utah Beach.

Martin told CBS News that riding in the plane is boring; when you get off the plane, he said, it gets exciting.

"A little bit of ego, because I'm 93, and I can still do it. And also I just wanted to show all the people you don't sit and die because you get old," he said. "Keep doing things."

[_aj_]

Not that it should matter, but he did it as a tandem, not a straight-up static line jump. He's a spry oldster, but I think he would have lost both hips on impact with a circle canopy.

[Vince G, CSN MFT]

Not that it should matter, but he did it as a tandem, not a straight-up static line jump. He's a spry oldster, but I think he would have lost both hips on impact with a circle canopy.

True...but even a tandem jump at his age is very dangerous

[_aj_]

True...but even a tandem jump at his age is very dangerous

Yeah, in the vid I watched he was motionless for a few seconds after he hit the ground and I thought it was over. Woulda been a great way to checkout, tho.