Roger and out! Skydive success story
A team leader at Pembrokeshire County Council's contact centre is back on the ground after jumping out of a plane at the weekend! Roger Jenkins did his first ever skydive from the skies above Swansea airport. The 58 year-old from Haverfordwest took the plunge for the Haiti Earthquake Appeal. "It was absolutely thrilling although also probably the scariest thing I have ever done," he said. Attached to an instructor, Roger jumped out of the plane at 13,000 ft and then free falled for just under a minute -- for 7,000 ft - before the parachute was deployed. "There's a moment when you're sitting on the edge of the plane looking down and you can't believe that you are going to do what you're going to do" he said. "The first bit was an incredibly frightening 50 second journey of madness, which was frightening and yet exhilarating at the same time. "Then when the chute opens it's the most wonderful thing in the world. Everything goes still...