Man connects with parents on video call while skydiving. Old video goes viral
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An old video of a man connecting with his parents on a video call while skydiving has once again gone viral on social media.
When you are doing something special, you always want your parents to be by your side. Therefore, when Irish boy Roger Ryan decided to skydive during his vacation in Australia, he connected with his parents on a video call so that they could also be a part of this million-dollar experience. He connected with them on a Skype call while his parents were still unaware of his adventurous endeavours. Of course, they were surprised and their reactions were just priceless. It is an old video and it has once again started trending on social media.
In the video, Roger Skyped his parents from the plane in Sydney and they had no idea that he was in a plane at the time. Of course, they couldn't, in their wildest dreams, ever think that he would jump out of it. When the parents saw their son jump, they were shocked and excited at the same time.
Watch the video here:
The video was posted on Pubity’s Instagram handle and the comments are just priceless. Check out what the internet had to say:
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