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Skydiving Accident Leaves One Critical, Crowdfunding Surges
10/1/2025
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Story summary
- Mitchell Deakin and instructor Jiron Arcos Ponce survived a September 17, 2025 Nevada skydiving accident after parachutes failed.
- They were hospitalized at UMC Trauma in Las Vegas with serious injuries.
- Deakin sustained a fractured pelvis, broken ribs, and a perforated lung.
- By September 30, Deakin was recovering with his mother; Arcos Ponce remained in critical condition; crowdfunding exceeded £16,000.
