Daredevil who jumped to Earth from space is killed in paraglider crash ‘into hotel pool’
Felix Baumgartner has died aged 56 (Credits: Joerg Mitter / Red Bull Content Pool)
Felix Baumgartner, famous for leaping from a balloon in outer space back to earth, has died in a paragliding crash in Italy.
The daredevil, 56, reportedly crashed his glider into a hotel pool after feeling unwell before the flight, Italian media reported.
A woman, believed to be a hotel employee, was also left with neck injuries after being struck by Baumgartner.
Her condition is not serious, according to initial reports.
The former paratrooper caught the globe’s attention when he landed on his feet in Roswell, New Mexico after jumping from the stratosphere 24 miles above Earth on October 14, 2012.
He made history with the highest and fastest free-fall, as well as the highest-ever balloon flight.
Baumgartner also broke the sound barrier, becoming the first person to do so unaided by anything other than gravity.
Looking back on his meteoric leap, Baumgartner said: ‘When you’re standing on top of the world, you don’t think of records any more, all you think is that you want to come back alive.’
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