"She's like the real Wonder Woman": Grandma takes up skydiving for 90th birthday

Grandma takes up skydiving on her 91st birthday

FRIDLEY, Minn. – Members of a Twin Cities church banded together to give a Minnesota nonagenarian a high-flying birthday gift!

In the video above, photojournalist Tom Aviles meets 90-year-old Ida Shannon, as she takes the leap of her life with the support of members of Heights Church in Columbia Heights.

Ida will turn 91 later this month. Her 90th birthday present jump was postponed until this summer.

Oh, by the way: Ida raised 10 kids and worked into her 80s!

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