A California great-grandmother and cancer survivor celebrated her 90th birthday this month by skydiving from 13,000 feet above the ground.
Shirley Tuter, of Dunnigan, chose to embrace her thrill-seeking side to mark her ninth decade on earth, crossing off the list on August 16.
The new nonagenarian jumped from the plane attached to a professional skydiver with the company SkyDance SkyDiving from the Yolo County Airport.
Tuter was completely calm before the big jump — even when an employee pointed out the “Danger” warning scrawled across the gear she was fitting into.
“I’m a dangerous broad,” she said with a smile in a clip filmed by the skydiving company and released Monday.
Tuter blew a kiss to the camera and gave a thumbs up before taking the hair-raising step.
She struck down to cheers from her family members and immediately cracked jokes.
“It was fun. I might never go again,” she said with a laugh.
Tuter’s son John Lewis told local station ABC 10 that the unusual daredevil celebration was in character for his mother, who survived cancer.
He called her a “pretty little lady”.