Photos: Lt. Gov. Prettner Solon skydives over St. Paul

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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA — A member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team jumps from a plane above the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA — Three members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team create a formation above St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA — A large crowd watches as members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team and Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon skydive above the Capitol mall in St. Paul, Minn. in support of military servicemen and women and their families Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA — With a trail of smoke behind him, a member of the U.S. Army Parachute Team circles above the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA — Jumping in tandem with U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Aaron Figel, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon skydives in support of military servicemen and women and their families above St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (Courtesy of the U.S. Army) link to this photo

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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA — Jumping in tandem with U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Aaron Figel, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon skydives above St. Paul, Minn Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (Courtesy of the U.S. Army) link to this photo

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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA — Riding in tandem with U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Aaron Figel, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon skydives in support of military servicemen and women and their families near the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA — Gov. Mark Dayton watches as Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon skydives in support of military servicemen and women and their families above the Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA — Members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team make their landing approach at the Capitol mall in St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA — Riding in tandem with U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Aaron Figel, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon lands on the Capitol mall after skydiving in support of military servicemen and women and their families in St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA — Jumping in tandem with U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Aaron Figel, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon lands on the Capitol mall after skydiving in support of military servicemen and women and their families Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA — Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon gives U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Aaron Figel a big hug after the two shared a tandem skydive over St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA — Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon greets fourth-grade students from St. Jerome School in Maplewood, Minn. after skydiving in support of military servicemen and women and their families Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA — Gov. Mark Dayton jokes with Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon after Solon skydived in St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo

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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA — Governor Mark Dayton, Lt. Governor Yvonne Prettner Solon, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and others sign a Community Covenant in St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. The Community Covenant is an intiative started in 2008 that formally demonstrates support for military families in time of war. (MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson) link to this photo