Navy SEAL team member dies after parachute fails to open
<p>A Fleet Week event ends in tragedy when a Navy SEAL team member dies after his parachute failed to properly open.</p>
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May 29, 2017, 11:08 AM
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A Fleet Week event ends in tragedy when a Navy SEAL team member dies after his parachute failed to properly open.
It happened Sunday afternoon at a demonstration over the Hudson River.
The parachutist was a member of an elite Navy parachute team called the Leap Frogs.
The cause of the malfunction is still under investigation.
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