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Daily Express
|September 18, 2025
Daring grans' 15,000ft leap
THIS is the moment two adventurous grandmas jumped from a plane to raise money for their care home.
Joan Small, 85, came up with the idea of a sponsored skydive — which staff thought was a joke.
But months later Joan and Liz Lord, 75, were seen falling 15,000ft through the sky into a field with huge smiles on their faces as onlookers cheered them on.
Liz, who is originally from Australia, said: "We both have had good lives but at our ages it was an experience we thought we would never get again so we might as well go for it while we could.
This story is from the September 18, 2025 edition of Daily Express.
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