There are quite a few commemorations looking back at D-Day on its 70th anniversary today, but none may be quite as amazing as Jim Martin's. Martin, now 93, parachuted into Normandy 70 years ago, and on Thursday he went up in a plane to recreate the jump. According to CBS News, Martin leapt from a plane yesterday and landed safely in the same location that he did seven decades ago, right behind Utah Beach. Martin appears to be excited to have completed the jump again, but he says it didn't really remind him of what it was like on D-Day. "There wasn't anybody shooting at me today," he says. You can see Martin making the jump above, and see CBS News catch up with him earlier in the week below.
Watch this: 93-year-old paratrooper recreates his D-Day jump
Watch this: 93-year-old paratrooper recreates his D-Day jump
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