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A balloon to heaven

The young man decided he was hanging on the basket of a hot air baloon, and by the time the pilot noticed he was already 15 or 20 feet high, then they shouted at him from below 'Jump, jump', while he was still close, and he said 'No, I hold on'. The pilot decided to lower, but there were power lines so he could not. "He tried to land across the road, but the wind brought him back, and at some point he could not hang on anymore and fell."

Submitted on 10/19/2021

Submitted by: Gil
Reference: https://news.walla.co.il/item/3466071

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
This could use a bit more detail in the writeup, but after reading the Google translation of the article I'm more than willing to accept it. This guy worked for the hot air balloon company and thought he could hold onto the bottom of the basket for an entire ride? Sounds like a definite DA contender to me. Thanks, Gil!


Candi said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
Oh for. Thanks Gil!