Skydiver's record attempt fails - premature ascension

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Saskatchewan (AP) - A French skydiver's hope to set a new free-fall record might have come to an end on Tuesday when his ride to the sky left without him.

The helium balloon Michel Fournier, a former army paratrooper, was going to use to Premium Link Upgrade detached from the capsule he was going to use to jump from 40,000 meters (130,000 feet).


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that's why they call them freedom fries
 

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