Skydiver gets back prosthetic leg

WEST ADDISON, Vt. – A Vermont skydiver who lost his prosthetic leg during a jump has it back, The Associated Press reported, thanks to a farmer.

Double amputee Chris Marckres of Hyde Park went for a jump Saturday, July 25, at Vermont Skydiving Adventures in West Addison and lost one of his prosthetic legs in the plunge.

“I think my adrenaline was so high and I was just so excited, I didn’t realize I had lost it,” Marckres told NECN and NBC10 Boston.

Marckres, who was harnessed to an instructor, landed safely. Then he put out the word on social media about his lost leg.

Farmer Joe Marszalkowski saw the post before finding the prosthetic on Sunday, July 26, in a soybean field.

Beyond a few scratches, according to the AP, the leg was undamaged.

Marszalkowski said was grateful he had not run over it during the fall harvest. A combine, he said, would have destroyed it.

Marckres said losing his leg turned into a positive experience.

“We kind of take for granted sometimes,” he said, “how many truly good people there still are in the world.”