Death of an extreme athlete

Austrian extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner is dead. Born in Salzburg, he died when his paraglider crashed on the Italian Adriatic coast. Baumgartner was 56 years old. The consul of Austria, Ulrike Straka, pays tribute to the deceased.

Extremsportler Felix Baumgartner im freien Fall Credit: Getty Images/Getty Images

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