Pregnant skydiver Shayna Richardson, now Shayna West, hit the ground face first after her main parachute failed and her reserve chute didn't fully deploy during her first solo dive in October 2005. After the accident West learned that she was pregnant at the time of the crash. The baby, a boy named Tanner, was born healthy in June 2006.ABC News: After Horrific Fall, Pregnant Diver Gets Second... (March 7, 2007) West has undergone facial reconstruction surgery since the accident.MSNBC: NBC Today Show Update: Pregnant Skydiver (December 16, 2008)
West was featured on NBC's Today Show on December 16, 2008, and discussed her children, her survival story and her facial reconstruction surgery.MSNBC: NBC Today Shot Update: Pregnant Skydiver (December 16, 2008)
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Sustained several injuries including breaking several bones in her face, a broken leg and pelvisMSNBC: NBC Today Shot Update: Pregnant Skydiver (December 16, 2008)
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Learned she was two weeks pregnant while in the hospital emergency roomMSNBC: NBC Today Shot Update: Pregnant Skydiver (December 16, 2008)
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