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Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, was killed in a crash Thursday along the eastern coast of Italy, according to an official where the crash occurred. He was 56.
Italian firefighters who responded said a paraglider crashed into the side of a swimming pool in the city of Porto Sant Elpidio.
The city’s mayor, Massimiliano Ciarpella, confirmed Baumgartner’s death in a social media post.
www.nbcnews.com
Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, was killed in a crash Thursday along the eastern coast of Italy, according to an official where the crash occurred. He was 56.
Italian firefighters who responded said a paraglider crashed into the side of a swimming pool in the city of Porto Sant Elpidio.
The city’s mayor, Massimiliano Ciarpella, confirmed Baumgartner’s death in a social media post.
Felix Baumgartner, first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, dies in paragliding crash
In 2012, “Fearless Felix” wore a pressurized suit and jumped from a capsule hoisted more than 24 miles above Earth by a giant helium balloon over New Mexico.
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