Ranieri was making a skydive to celebrate opening his new business that teaches people how to operate parachutes, according to his grandfather, former Hoboken assemblyman and councilman Robert Ranieri Sr.
Ranieri III’s first chute twisted and an emergency chute didn’t open, his grandfather said. Ranieri III’s body was found 15 feet below the surface in Lake Tahoe. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been holding his body pending an investigation to rule out foul play.
He leaves behind a wife, an 8-month-old child, parents, grandparents and two siblings. After a memorial service near Lake Tahoe, his family plans to have his body brought to Hoboken for his funeral at Lawton-Turso Funeral Home.
