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Star Mag (7/9/02)
OH CHUTE!
The Day JAG Daredevil Almost Got Killed Skydiving
 GORGEOUS Catherine Bell is a real-life danger freak who almost lost her life pursuing one of her extreme hobbies.
Bell, 33, who plays Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie on the CBS military series JAG, looked death square in the face when her parachute didn't open during a skydive.
"My chute got tangled up by the wind," she confesses.
"I was plummeting, and then it opened at the last second at 50 feet, but I was going really fast and hit the ground hard. I didn't break anything, but I was bashed up. It was so windy that the chute started dragging me. I had a friend die that way a few months ago."
Tough-talking Bell puts her money where her mouth is in other ways, too.
The brunette stunner drives a flashy - and fast - CL500 Mercedes, and came in third in the Toyota Grand Prix celebrity race.
She also likes "riding on motorcycles in full leather. I have a Yamaha YZF600 - a crotch rocket!"
Article taken from Star Magazine, July 9, 2002 page 24.
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