Jersey City,NJ : Colorado Navy SEAL killed when parachute fails to open during Memorial Day demonstration on may, Sunday 28th 2017

A Navy SEAL who fell to his death when his parachute failed to open during a Fleet Week demonstration over the Hudson River has been identified as a 27-year-old Colorado man.

The accident that killed Remington J. Peters occurred Sunday at Liberty State Park, a large New Jersey park across from Manhattan where people catch ferries to see the Statue of Liberty.

Peters, a member of an elite Navy parachute team called the Leap Frogs, was registered to vote in Mesa County at an address in Grand Junction. The cause of the parachute malfunction that killed him is under investigation.

Peters was among four parachutists who drifted down from two helicopters. The Navy says he was pulled from the water by the U.S. Coast Guard. His parachute landed in a parking lot.


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Colorado Navy SEAL killed when parachute fails to open during Memorial Day demonstration