Recovery Fund for Sam Smith

As skydivers we know that this is an unforgiving sport, which is why we are grateful to be at this point to be able to start this GoFundMe for Sam Smith.   Many know her by her smile, others for her skydiving skills.  She is one of a hand full of women to become a tandem instructor during last month's RedBull Fly Girls event.   




Sam has been working with my husband Trevor for the last couple of weeks.  He was so appreciative for her amazing work ethic along with her huge smile, her positive attitude was contagious.  She surprised him, she was the first person to ever give my husband a thank you card.  She was simply grateful for the opportunity to work in the sport she loved.  That pretty much sums her up.   




On Wednesday, February 6th Sam had a terrible accident at the drop zone.  She had finished a full day of work jumps and went on the last load of the day for a much needed fun jump.  Unfortunately, she had a very bad landing and as a result shattered her pelvis, fractured her T6, broke two fingers, broke her tib/fib & femur, punctured both of her lungs as well as damaged her face.   She has already had multiple surgeries and is now in stable condition.  She opened her eyes and moved her thumb when asked, however she still has more surgeries and it looks like she won't be walking for months. 




She will need therapy, and help financially since she will not be able to work, which is why we are now asking all of her friends, family & Sky Family to come together and give in order to lessen the financial burden ahead of her so she can focus on the recovery.




The family has politely asked that no one visits Sam in the hospital please, FAMILY VISITORS ONLY at this time.

As soon as we have more information, we will update everyone.   Thank you so much for you help & positive thoughts.  

#SupportSam #SkyFamily



On behalf of Sam's father, Donald Smith, Sam's mother Benita Smith & Sam's sister, Ally Smith.

-Deborah Cedar