Army skydiver jumps 5,000ft into own wedding… then dances the night away with a broken leg
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AN Army skydiver parachuted into his own wedding — then did his first dance with a broken leg.
Cpl Eddie Rudd, 31, and four military pals jumped from 5,000ft the night before the ceremony.
Cpl Eddie Rudd, 31, and four military pals jumped from 5,000ft the night before the wedding ceremonySuppliedNews Group Newspapers LtdDespite dancing the night away at the wedding, an X-ray the following day revealed Eddie’s leg was broken[/caption]
Eddie with Texan bride Cassandra after parachuting in for the ceremonySupplied
On the big day, an RAF jet treated the wedding party to a flypast and Eddie enjoyed a first dance to a country music ballad with Texan bride Cassandra.
It was not until a day after the North Yorks wedding that an X-ray revealed his leg — swollen from a night of dancing — was actually broken.
Fusilier Eddie — a member of the British Army’s parachute display team The Tigers — said it was the first time he had broken a bone in a decade of skydiving.
But it has not put him off skydiving in future.
Eddie, from Wiltshire, said: “Our honeymoon’s in Hawaii and I’ll absolutely be doing some jumps.”
The soldier, who has chalked up almost a thousand drops since his first in 2015, said he had the idea to parachute into his own wedding months ago.
Eddie — who met Cassandra on a Disney cruise holiday in 2021 — told The Sun: “I think I had always joked about doing it. When we got engaged I said I thought it would be fun to jump in.
“I said it as a joke and it snowballed into, ‘How much will that cost?’”
Cassandra, 31, said: “I was hesitant initially.
“But I guess over the last three years of watching him do it, it was to be expected. I remember encouraging him.
“So much of wedding preparation is about the bride, so if this was something he wanted to do I thought it would be really cool.”
Eddie admitted he had no idea anything was seriously wrong until the hospital X-ray revealed he had broken his right fibula.
He said: “I’ve got a high pain threshold, but there had been no pain. Nobody thought it was broken.
“And my brother was happy — he got to say, ‘I told you so.’”
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The couple on their wedding dayInstagram ThiefhallEddie dancing with bride Cassandra, despite his broken legSupplied
Watch as ALL FOUR parachutists in display crash into portaloos and stadium roof
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