A World War II veteran recently took to the sky to show everyone that age is just a number. Last week, Jimmy Hernandez jumped out of a plane on his 100 th birthday.

“I've been waiting for a long time for this," Hernandez said.

Hernandez first wanted to skydive when he was 96, but his family talked him out of it.

"I was like, really,” son Mark Hernandez asked, "Is that what he just said? I was like, 'No, that cannot happen.'"

The family told Jimmy that if he made it to 100, they would give them their blessing.

"I want to get this out of my system," Jimmy said.

Well, Jimmy made it.

Jimmy decided to make a tandem jump with an instructor at SkyDance SkyDiving in Davis, California. His son and his grandson also decided to jump.

Hernandez has 13 children and dozens of grandchildren. Hi

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