Felix Baumgartner's widow shares footage of fatal paraglider flight in heartbreaking tribute
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Gerrard Kaonga
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Topics: News, World News, Sport, Twitter, Sex and Relationships, Health
Felix Baumgartner’s untimely death came as a shock to many and his wife revealed more details about her husband’s death in a tribute post.
Felix Baumgartner became most known for a rather impressive stunt over 10 years ago and news of his death seemed to shock many people across the world.
The Austrian skydiver and daredevil became known for jumping down to Earth from a helium balloon that was about 24 miles above the planet, back in 2012.
While this was touted as terribly dangerous, Baumgartner lost his life in a simple paragliding accident.
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This happened while he was in the eastern Italian town of Porto Sant’Elpidio on Thursday (July 17).
His wife, Mihaela Radulescu Schwartzenberg, has now issued a tribute to her late husband and showed footage of Felix taking off paragliding.
In a Twitter post, she wrote: “I was filming him taking off not knowing that this will be his last flight of his extraordinary life.
“For over 12y I was there for every take off and landing, from skydiving, paragliding, helicopter flights, paramotor to aerobatic shows. And when I couldn’t be there for some heli flights, we had the WLC code - ‘the Wifey Landing Call’.
"Never missed one. Except …this one.”
Regarding Felix’s incident, local media reported that the 56-year-old lost consciousness while in flight and then lost control of his paraglider. He then ended up crashing into a hotel pool and lightly injured a member of staff.
The daredevil reportedly died instantly. The employee was rushed to the hospital and is said to have suffered a neck injury.
Mihaela added: “Felix Baumgartner is going home now, up there, where he was the happiest ever.
“Thank you all for your support and for keeping his unique legacy high up. This man was truly special, in so many ways, and I’ll make sure I’ll keep telling his story.
“But now…., I have to deal with the shock, the pain, the sunrises where I get to make just one coffee, not two…”
Other tributes have flooded social media since the news of Felix’s passing with many praising him for his dedication to all of his stunts.
One user commented: “This death feels like Steve Irwin's; you expect it to be from something wild daredevil stunt but nope, just paragliding accident. Sad.”
Another said: “I remember his Red Bull jump from space. It was insane. He lost consciousness and came back to. Bro was beast and died being an absolute badass. You can rest peacefully now Champ, you did your thing.”
With a third simply writing: “A true daredevil and legend of human courage.”