Vic: Skydiver who saved Aussie woman 'a hero', her father says

AAP General News (Australia)
08-02-2006
Vic: Skydiver who saved Aussie woman 'a hero', her father says

A Melbourne man has praised a skydiving instructor .. who died shielding his daughter
in a plane crash in the United States.

Six people were killed when the aircraft hit a power pole and nosedived into a tree
.. soon after taking off from an airport in Missouri on Saturday.

BILL DEAR .. from the Melbourne suburb of Sydenham .. has told the Nine Network ..

skydiving instructor ROBERT COOK's a hero .. for saving his daughter KIMBERLEY.

KIMBERLEY suffered spinal injuries .. a broken pelvis and collar bone .. many cuts
and abrasions .. concussion and severe bruising.

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KEYWORD: US PLANE AUST (MELBOURNE)

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