VIDEO: South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard goes skydiving for charity

South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard went skydiving -- really, he went skydiving -- this week to fulfill a charity pledge.

Gov. Daugaard agreed to jump, according to a story in the Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, "as an incentive for the Madison, S.D., Dairy Queen’s annual Miracle Treat Day fundraiser. If the restaurant sold 32,000 Blizzard treats on Aug. 8, the governor and Madison Dairy Queen owner DeLon Mork would skydive at the Madison airport."

In all, 38,500 Blizzards were sold on that day, so the governor fulfilled his pledge on Wednesday (Aug. 28, 2013).

Watch the Governor skydive, which he calls " a rush," in this video.

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