100-year-old D-Day veteran celebrates birthday by going skydiving
He was super chilled about the whole thing, too.
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LONDON -- Only a true badass would spend their 100th birthday casually jumping out of a plane at 10,000 feet.
Record breaking 100-year-old Verdun Hayes did exactly that, though -- and he raised money for charity and set a British record into the bargain.
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"I really, thoroughly enjoyed it," says an impressively casual Hayes in the clip.
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"Coming out of the plane into the actual freefall, it was lovely."
Hayes is thinking about going for a world record next year, with another skydive to mark his 101st birthday.
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