Death of Vince Reffet at 36: who is the flying man’s...

December 15, 2015 Vince Reffet asked the hand of his companion, Agnes Rodriguez. And to do this, he opted for a marriage proposal like his exploits in the air. “I was still in my pajamas when we left our apartment in Dubai to go to Vince’s work“remembered this communication specialist according to the American site of The National News. For, in the early morning of that day in December, around 5:15 a.m., his beloved had asked him to follow him to watch him work, as half of Soul Flyers. A request far from scaring the main concerned, she who, according to her Instagram account followed by 1,281 followers, is just as addicted to travel, thrills, but also sports such as surfing, as the chosen one of her heart.

To get her out of bed early in the morning, Vince Reffet had pretended to work “on a special waterfall“that he wanted to show to Agnes Rodriguez. The latter was far from suspecting that the 36-year-old athlete wanted to put the ring on her finger. “He said it would mean a lot if I woke up early and came to see him fly that day and I did“, she recalled,”but i thought it was a normal working day.“The parachutist displayed his message on his Jetman wings, a strong gesture for his beauty who could not help but say”Yes.“The lovebirds got engaged to”about 5,000 feet tall“, while Agnes Rodriguez observed Vince Reffet from a helicopter, above the Skydive Dubai Desert Campus. A memory forever anchored in the memory of the young woman. “I was blown away (…) I couldn’t believe it and I burst into tears.“The marriage was celebrated for the first time on August 20, 2016 in France, then a second time in Rincon, Puerto Rico, whose Agnes Rodriguez is native, in April 2017.

Vincent Reffet died during training

A happiness abruptly interrupted by the drama. This Tuesday, November 17, Abdallah ben Habtour, spokesman for Jetman Dubai relayed a sad news to AFP: the death of Vince Reffet. “It is with unimaginable sadness that we announce the passing of Jetman pilot Vincent (Vince) Reffet“, he revealed.”Talented athlete“, the deceased lost his life during training at the Jetman base in the desert of Dubai. An accident that now makes under investigation, still according to Abdallah ben Habtour. After braving the Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world, the flying man is gone.

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