Skydiver suffers new setback

Videos | 1047 hits | May 27 8:07 am | Posted by: kitty

A massive helium balloon drifted aimlessly away into the sky over the Canadian prairie Tuesday, taking with it the dream of a French skydiver who had hoped to set a new free-fall record.

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by kitty
Tue May 27, 2008 3:52 pm
skydiver's balloon suffered premature evacuation
by DrCaleb
Tue May 27, 2008 4:07 pm
Tie it to your wrist, otherwise you'll lose it. Learned that when I was 4.
by WDHIII
Tue May 27, 2008 11:34 pm
Its seems a news team was settin up on site when the baloon got away - you can catch the video
by xerxes
Wed May 28, 2008 1:33 am
Of all the things to go wrong, it happened because someone forgot one of the basic rules of ballooning.

Ah, the irony. It's too bad though, I wanted to see the video of that.
by Regina
Wed May 28, 2008 4:03 am
"DrCaleb" said
Tie it to your wrist, otherwise you'll lose it. Learned that when I was 4.