Dorothy Hoffner dies week after setting skydiving record

By AiLOQ Corp On Oct 10, 2023

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Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip neighborhood by neighborhood today, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety.

A recent graduate of Deerfield High School and her mother are believed to be hostages held by Hamas. Natalie Raanan and her mother, Judith, were reported missing while visiting family in Israel during the attacks, according to a letter sent to the school community by Deerfield Principal Kathryn Anderson.

And a senior at Homewood-Flossmoor High School who is studying in Israel recalled the Saturday attack. “It was extremely chaotic. It was really overwhelming,” Josh Jury said.

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Dorothy Hoffner, 104, greets supporters after becoming the oldest person in the world to skydive on Oct. 1, 2023, at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Illinois. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

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