Special Agent Hardesty succumbed to injuries sustained eight
days earlier during a training exercise at the FBI Academy in Quantico,
Virginia.
Agent Hardesty fell 20 feet off an airplane wing during an FBI SWAT team
training exercise while he was practicing aircraft entry techniques. He was
transported to Inova Health Systems in Falls Church, Virginia where he remained
until he died from complications as a result of being paralyzed in the fall.
Agent Hardesty had served with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for three
years and was assigned to a Resident Office in Bloomington, Illinois. He
previously served with the Indiana State Excise Police for six years and the
Porter County, Indiana, Sheriff's Department for seven years.