79-Year-Old Carroll Gardens Senior Goes Skydiving

A septuagenarian Carroll Gardens resident disobeyed multiple doctors' recommendations last month when she chose to leap out of an airplane—and couldn't be happier, according to the New York Post.

Carolyn Meiselbach, 79, performed her first skydiving attempt upstate in April, despite three physicians advising against it due to various medical issues. 

“I’ve had six strokes; I’ve beat cancer twice, and I’ve got osteoporosis, arthritis and diabetes,” Meiselbach told the Post. “I served six years in the U.S. Navy, and I raised my two sons as a single mother. I figured if I could survive all that, letting someone push me from an airplane would be a piece of cake.”

In fact, the spirited senior only sustained one minor injury from the dive—a bruise to her chest where her harness pushed against her pacemaker. Undiscouraged by the black-and-blue mark, she plans to make her second jump in October for her birthday.

If you happen to see Meiselbach on the street and want to congratulate her on the big leap, don't hesitate too long. She may be about to hop on the back of her son's motorcycle.