WATCH: Meteorologist Ginger Zee Skydives on “GMA”
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ABC News(HOMESTEAD, Fla.) — GoPro cameras have changed the way people document their lives, and on Friday, Good Morning America’s Ginger Zee strapped one on to go skydiving, allowing the show’s viewers to see the adventure from her point of view as it happened.
Zee jumped out of a plane at nearly 13,000 feet over Homestead, Florida. Fittingly, Zee, ABC News’ chief meteorologist, had perfect weather for her skydive.
“This is amazing,” Zee said from the air. “I can see Miami. I can see all of the ocean here. It’s gorgeous.”
“You have to take it all in, every moment,” she said.
Zee took the plunge in tandem with Sgt. First Class Noah Watt, a member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, popularly known as the Golden Knights, who do more than 850 tandem jumps each year.
“She did great,” Watt said mid-jump. “She is Army strong today.”
Zee was in free fall at 120 miles per hour for part of her dive. Once her parachute was deployed and her descent slowed to an estimated 20 miles per hour, she was able to directly address her colleagues in the studio and the viewing audience.
“Now I feel like the world is mine,” Zee said. “It’s all of ours because you’re experiencing it with me.”
“That’s the coolest thing of doing this,” she said. “Here we are from two miles up jumping and I think it’s the first time so many people are able to experience it.”
GMA viewers watched as Zee descended to the ground and heard Watt give her the specific instructions — knees up and then legs out — that led to a smooth landing.
“It was incredible. It was amazing. It was every single word that we can use to describe that feeling,” Zee said. “You’re free. The adrenaline is pumping. I don’t think I would want to do anything else with my life.”
“I’m ready to go again,” she said.
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