A mother of Minnesota who survived cancer died during the parachuting in Arizona after experiencing parachute 'complications'.
Ann Wick, 54, Van Stillwater was in Skydive Arizona in Eloy with a group when the fatal incident took place on Friday around 4 p.m.
Her parachute was distorted after it was deployed and according to the police she could not activate her emergency.
Her brother Jeff Wallis told Kare 11: 'There was a kind of equipment failure. Her parachute became entangled and she was unable to release the parachute to remove her emergency bute. '
Paramedics were already on site for training, so they could immediately respond to Wick's accident – but their efforts were not successful.
The Eloy Police Department and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigate Wick's death, according to a statement from the police.
In a statement to People Magazine, Skydive Arizona wrote: 'We expand our sincere condolences to her family and friends during this incredibly difficult time.
'Despite the fact that the parachute is fully implemented as designed, observers noticed that the canopy was running. No corrective actions seemed to be taken by the jumper, nor was the spare parachute used. The injuries that were sustained during landing turned out to be fatal. '
Ann Wick, 54, Van Stillwater was in Skydive Arizona in Eloy with a group when the fatal incident took place on Friday around 4 p.m.
When her son Charlie and daughter Rosalie were teenagers, Wick decided to go to the nursing school. She became a registered nurse shortly before she died
The mother had almost 300 times recreational skydived. Her brother described her as a 'sensation seeker'.
Wallis said his sister spent her life with the defeat of the opportunities – overcoming injuries, having children, fighting diseases and becoming a nurse.
Wick grew up in Burnsville, Minnesota with her parents and three brothers, reported the Minnesota Star Tribune.
At the age of 20 she was in a serious car accident that doctors said she would make her infertile.
In 2010, Wick was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and underwent 'debilitating operations and chemo', her family shared in a statement to KSTP, but could beat it.
When her son Charlie and daughter Rosalie were teenagers, Wick decided to go to the nursing school. She became a registered nurse shortly before she died.
“She felt that it was her calling to help others. She also started skating around the same time, “her family wrote.
Wallis created a GoFundMe page to help the children of Wick cover funeral costs and other expenses. So far, more than $ 3,800 in donations have been collected.
Wallis said his sister spent her life with the defeat of the opportunities – overcome injuries, having children, fighting diseases and becoming a nurse
Wick had Skydived almost 300 times when she experienced the deadly 'complication' with her parachute
“You want it to be a bad dream,” Wallis told Kare 11. “You realize that it is not a dream, then you cry because you realize that it is real.”
In August 2024, a Californian sky diver died next to her instructor in a Freak weather event.
Kayla Kieko Black, 28, was declared dead in a hospital in Riverside County after she and her Skydiving instructor Twin 'Dust Devils' hit about 40 feet above the ground.
Dust devils are small tornadoes that form in areas with strong surface heating, such as Arizona, when there are clear skies and light winds, according to the National Weather Service.
They are generally considered harmless, but while Black and her instructor Devrey Lariccia Chase, 28, touched the Twin Dust Devils while they prepared to land on 2 August, they started to experience turbulence.
By the time they reached about 25 feet from the ground, they hit the second Dust Devil – so they had no time to respond and hit the ground.
