December 4, 2008 82-year-old hits the skies, checks off 'Bucket List' dream Play video

(NECN/KGTV) - It was just a movie for Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, but for Kay Dearing, "The Bucket List" is for real. That's the list of things you want to do before you "kick the bucket."

Getting into a skydiving jumpsuit is not something Dearing, 82, thought she'd ever be doing, but after seeing the movie she made her own list.

With her eldest daughter in tow, up they went, 13,000 feet. And then came the moment of truth. Out she came in what's called a tandem jump -- free falling for a bit with a pilot chute deployed to keep things steady. Then the main chute deploys and it's a big jolt upwards, but eventually a perfect landing.

Reporter Bob Lawrence has the story.