Sitka lawmaker breaks two leg bones in 'non-ideal' paraglider landing

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Sitka lawmaker breaks two leg bones in 'non-ideal' paraglider landing
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State Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is recovering from a broken leg after he went paragliding with a fellow legislator in Anchorage over the weekend. He expects to spend the next six weeks or so moving around the capitol on crutches.

Robert Woolsey, KCAW - SitkaRep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D – Sitka, speaks during a House floor session in the Capitol in Juneau on March 16, 2020. Kreiss-Tomkins broke both bones of his right leg below the knee on Saturday.

He said he had gone paragliding with Rep. Laddie Shaw, R-Anchorage, at Flattop Mountain, taking advantage of the mild weather in the city. Rep. Laddie Shaw paragliding in 2020. Says Kreiss-Tomkins of Shaw, “He’s lived quite a life. And we have a lot of shared interests. We’ve been friendly over the years, and he has been sort of a source of encouragement to pursue paragliding.”

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