DAVIS, Calif. (KMAX/KOVR) - You would think a 100-year-old World War II veteran would be slowing down, but not Jimmy Hernandez. He’s speeding up.

Hernandez went skydiving to celebrate his big birthday.

“I’m glad that somebody showed up,” Jimmy Hernandez said.

Family and friends gathered in Davis, California, to watch him fall out of the sky.

Dora Hernandez, Jimmy’s 91-year-old wife, had a front row seat.

“I said, ‘OK honey, when I turn, are you gonna let me do that?’” Dora Hernandez said.

Their son and grandson joined him on his journey back down to earth, three generations of skydivers to celebrate the big day.

“I know that I’m 100 but I don’t feel that way,” Jimmy Hernandez said.

Former neighbors of his drove in from out of town to support his dream

“He’s a dynamo, he’s unstoppa

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