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Created: 2025-07-18 14:33:05 UTC

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound during a 24-mile leap through the stratosphere more than a decade ago, died in a paraglider crash Thursday in Italy. He was XX.

This is him speaking after that record jump.

![](https://pbs.twimg.com/ext_tw_video_thumb/1946216603105779712/pu/img/J7vdgfg0gRkRCZfi.jpg)

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