For her 30th birthday, her husband surprised her with the Buckeye (powered parachute). She was afraid of heights. Maital was both excited and scared, but it felt liberating. She thought she was about to overcome her old fears.
The next thing she remembers is the frozen expression on the pilot’s face, and then she was on the ground, crying in pain. “I knew then that in one second my entire life had changed.”
