What it took to get a 71-year-old Ottawa man with MS to jump out of a plane

A photo from inside the plane Philip Baker was in before skydiving on Aug. 15, 2024. (Parachute Ottawa/courtesy of Philip Baker)

71-year-old Philip Baker is a retired physical education teacher who always wanted to go skydiving.

He finally made the leap on Aug. 15, but he needed a special device to prevent injury related to his symptoms from living with multiple sclerosis.

Baker told CFRA's Ottawa Now with Kristy Cameron about his daredevil descent on Tuesday.