Austrian stuntman parachutes off Latin America's highest skyscraper

30.01.2006 17:36

An Austrian stuntman who claims world records for BASE &to=http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/2002/07/30/33439.html' target=_blank>jumping parachuted off the top of Latin America's highest building Monday before escaping in a Hummer to avoid police capture.

Felix Baumgartner, 36, launched himself off the 225-meter (738-foot) Torre Mayor on Mexico City's main Reforma Avenue, starting with a free fall and then floating downward under an opened parachute as about 200 curious onlookers gathered below.

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