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A skydiver’s hope to set a new free-fall record might have come to an end Tuesday when his ride to the sky left without him.The helium balloon Michel Fournier was going to use to soar to the stratosphere detached from the capsule he was going to use to...
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North Battleford:
Crews hook up the pod of French sky diver Michel Fournier in preparation for his record breaking attempts including the longest free fall from 40,000 meters in North Battleford, Saskatchewan on Monday May 26, 2008.
