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Aerial Photographer Killed in Florida

John Foster, 37, was videotaping a skydiving instructor and a student when his main parachute became entangled with his reserve chute, and both failed to open.

He landed in a field in Elberta, Ala., and was taken to a Pensacola hospital, where he died. He had head and leg injuries, a hospital spokeswoman said.

The chutes getting tangled was a freak accident, said Pat Stack, who works for Emerald Coast Skydiving and was the drop zone manager for the jump.

"It's just not something that happens," she said.

Stack said Foster had made 6,000 to 7,000 jumps and often was hired to record other divers' jumps.

"He jumped all the time. He loved the sport," Stack told the Pensacola News Journal.

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