KUALA LUMPUR: A Royal Malaysian Navy sailor became an unexpected highlight at a kindergarten sports day after his parachute landing went off course and brought him down onto a hockey field filled with excited children and parents.

The moment was captured in a TikTok video posted by user @zaynizz90, showing the lone parachutist drifting into view and landing relatively smoothly on the field.

The caption read: "While attending my child's Sports Day at Little Caliphs, a Navy sailor unexpectedly landed on the hockey field after a parachute jump went off course. Still, well done to the sailor.

"It definitely made the kids' day!"

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The sailor, identified by his arm badge as a member of the Royal Malaysian Navy's elite Special Warfare Forces (Paskal) unit, was believed to have been part of an inter-service and inter-agency parachuting demonstration during the Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Carnival 2025, which took place in Tawau on June 28 and 29.

Netizens flooded the video's comment section with amused and heart-warming reactions to the now-viral clip.

"Oh, I thought when I saw it on my friend's WhatsApp Story, it was just a gimmick for her child's sports day closing ceremony.

In my head, I was like, 'wow, how nice of the kindergarten to do a sports gimmick like this,'" Neena wrote.

"That Navy guy became instantly famous. All the attention was on him," Reyna_amir wrote.

Ameliasofea23 said: "Surely lots of people wanted to take pictures with him, haha."

For some, the moment held deeper meaning.

Mamadikabg wrote: "What a blessing for that child to witness a parachutist up close."

"Sometimes it's 'accidents' like this that spark a child's dream of becoming a soldier," wrote AJZ_85.

@zaynizz90 Tengah layan anak sukan di Little Caliphs Sports Day, tiba² ada abang navy tersasar landing parachute di padang hoki apapun terbaik abang navy. Dapat menggembirakan anak² #KarnivalCIMICTawau2025 #ATM #komando #paskal #army #navy Funny - Gold-Tiger