Quadriplegic Skydiver Shatters State Record

0:00It's April 26th. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, AI-powered stories from the spotlight. Tenea Finlayson, a non-verbal quadriplegic from Kirkland, Washington, just smashed an unofficial state record with an epic skydive. Born with cerebral palsy, she's been in a wheelchair her whole life. But on April 17th, around 3.30 pm, she leaked from 17. 1,694 feet, with instructors Zephaniah Notnaris hitting 125 miles per hour and nailing the greatest. Drovefall distance and max vertical speed. The jump was extra special, because her husband, Ken, and 19-year-old son, Michael, went right before them from the same plane. It was the whole family's first time skydiving together, turning a personal milestone into a family bond. Tenea says skydiving gives her pure freedom, letting her escape the limits of her disability and join her loved ones fully. Despite early doctor predictions that she'd be a burden, her parents raised her at home,

1:01proving everyone wrong. She's no stranger to records. Already holds the world mark for longest distance and a chin-controlled wheelchair over 24 hours. She and Ken met skydiving back in 1988 at Skydive Kapalzin, where he's logged 152 jumps to her 53, both. Using V-licenses from the United States Parachute Association, her son just grabbed his A-license after 25 jumps and started accelerated freefall training. Once Tenea affinicates the data with the association, this state record goes official, showing limits are just lines waiting to be crossed.