Skydive Toronto said a skydiving student died Aug. 27 after “succumbing to fatal injuries resulting from an emergency.” The company did not identify the student, but Melody Ozgoli, Pardazi’s friend of about a decade, told CNN by phone Saturday that Pardazi was the student who died. Pardazi had recently started taking classes with the sky diving company, noting this in her latest TikTok post on August 22.” the company said in a statement. “Jumper was a welcome recent addition to the sky diving community and will be missed by the student’s new friends and colleagues at Skydive Toronto Inc,” the statement said. “The Skydive Toronto Inc team has been deeply affected by this accident as they have been improving their student training program for over 50 years.” Ozgoli described her as outgoing, adventurous, open-minded, always there for others and intelligent. “She was definitely known for how beautiful she was, but what she was mostly known for was her incredible mind. That was the one thing that every single person I talked to mentioned, how bright she was, how smart she was, how much she knew.” , Ozgoli, 20, said. Pardazi was known for “taking up new hobbies,” according to Ozgoli, who called her friend “a gift to the world.” Ozgoli said Pardazi’s funeral, held on Friday, was well attended. “At the ceremony we all wore white because he was an angel,” Ozgoli said. “I think it was a unique thing to do, and that was Tanya, she was unique, she was different. She was one of a kind, really.” The South Simcoe Police Service is “investigating the fatality in cooperation with the Office of the Chief Justice,” according to a police news release.
