Dylan Zheng

According to reports and the police release, the jumpers entered the building at 4am and jumped at 6:48am from the 66th floor. The news reported that Dylan had a parachute issue ("parachute didn't open") and was injured. People on the street called an ambulance immediately and he was taken to the hospital. He was pronounced dead at 12pm. Dylan didn't make the planned LZ and the second jumper didn't know that he had been hurt or died until the police told him after his arrest.

Dylan been base jumping for two years and was an experienced skydiver and paraglider. He had done BASE courses in Twin, attended Heliboogie this year, and was current from jumping days prior. He had about 100 jumps and he'd recently received his BASE and Night BASE . He was an enthusiastic, heads up jumper and comfortable jumping alone or opening objects.

Update 25th Sept 2019
Ground crew saw that Dylan's poised exit was unstable and he rotated forward after exit. He pitched mid-rotation and had an off-heading opening/line twists. He struck the object and an adjacent building under canopy several times before his canopy collapsed, dropping him several stories to the ground. Video shows him alive but non-responsive when the police arrive on the scene. Dylan died a few hours after the jump in emergency surgery with 20+ broken bones, multiple organ failure, and lots of internal bleeding.
Dylan typically wore a fair amount of PPE when jumping (rated helmet, knee/elbow pads, boots, gloves), but those weren't enough for the impacts on the object or substantial fall to the ground. Adding a D30 backpad or spine protector wouldn't have done much given the nature of his injuries.
According to reports and the police release, the jumpers entered the building at 4am and jumped at 6:48am from the 66th floor. The news reported that Dylan had a parachute issue ("parachute didn't open") and was injured. People on the street called an ambulance immediately and he was taken to the hospital. He was pronounced dead at 12pm. Dylan didn't make the planned LZ and the second jumper didn't know that he had been hurt or died until the police told him after his arrest.
Dylan been base jumping for two years and was an experienced skydiver and paraglider. He had done BASE courses in Twin, attended Heliboogie this year, and was current from jumping days prior. He had about 100 jumps and he'd recently received his BASE and Night BASE . He was an enthusiastic, heads up jumper and comfortable jumping alone or opening objects.