Super Bowl-Winning Athlete Opts Out of 2020 NFL Season So He Can Continue Working on COVID-19 Frontlines
The Super Bowl-winning athlete is opting out of the upcoming NFL season so he can continue working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 outbreaks.
As the whole world watched him via live streaming video, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner completed a record-breaking free-fall from the edge of space Sunday morning.
He reached speeds of more than 600 mph during the 128,000-foot fall to earth.
Baumgartner broke the record for both the highest jump and the fastest jump in a free-fall. On the ascent upward, he also broke the record for the highest manned balloon flight.
The jump was sponsored by Redbull which streamed the video here: www.redbullstratos.com
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