Thursday 17th July
FORT RILEY, Kan. — A parachutist went off course Thursday at the start of a military review, dropped feet-first into the 1st Infantry Division’s band and injured three members.
Several thousand people watched the first of two civilian parachutists land successfully, but the second one landed on the 30-member division band, about 50 yards off target. A gasp went up from the crowd, followed by silence as at least a dozen people rushed over to help.
“I hear, ‘Oh, expletive,’ and immediately, I hear a crash,”’ said the band’s commander, Chief Warrant Officer Scott MacDonald