'Fearless' Felix Baumgartner Passes Away In Paraglide Crash
Baumgartner, the first man to brave the 24-mile leap through the stratosphere over a decade ago, was a victim of a paraglide crash as he smacked into the side of a swimming pool.
Felix Baumgartner met his untimely end in Italy on Thursday as the extreme athlete passed away following a crash along the eastern coast of the peninsular nation.
Baumgartner, the first man to brave the 24-mile leap through the stratosphere over a decade ago, was a victim of a paraglide crash as he smacked into the side of a swimming pool in Porto Sant'Elpidio.
The Mayor of the region, Massimiliano Ciarpella, expressed his devastation at the tragic news and termed the daredevil a symbol of bravery.
'Our community is deeply affected by the tragic disappearance of Felix Baumgartner, a figure of global prominence, a symbol of courage and passion for extreme flight," Ciarpella said.
Baumgartner came to mainstream prominence following his dive from the edge of space, with which he broke the soundbarrier in a nine minute descent from nearly 40 Kilometers' up in the sky.
'When I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble, you do not think about of breaking records anymore, you do not think of about gaining scientific data," he said at the conlusion of his iconic dive in the year 2012.
'The only thing you want is to come back alive," he said.
He commented on the feat of breaching the sound barrier with a remark that read, 'hard to describe because you don't feel it."
'Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are," he said.
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July 19, 2025, 10:27 IST
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