How Felix Baumgartner Died: Hypotheses, Findings, and Testimonies

A post-mortem examination has been performed on the body of 56-year-old Felix Baumgartner , the extreme sports star who lost his life yesterday afternoon during a paragliding flight in the skies above Fermo in the Marche region. The current leading hypothesis is that the Austrian base jumper, best known for his stratospheric leaps, which earned him three world records in 2012, died of illness. His motorized paraglider, currently under seizure, crashed into the pool area of a hotel in Porto Sant'Elpidio (Fermo), injuring a woman, fortunately only slightly.

Felix Baumgartner has died

There was nothing that could be done for the 56-year-old, and all attempts to resuscitate him were in vain. Meanwhile, Massimiliano Ciarpella , mayor of Porto Sant'Elpidio, the town where the tragedy occurred, and his colleague from Fermo, Paolo Calcinaro , expressed their condolences. Baumgartner was spending a few days on vacation at a hotel in Fermo. In recent days, he had written on his social media profile: " Flying holiday greetings from Fermo, Italy ."

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" Our community ," Ciarpella stated, " is deeply affected by the tragic passing of Felix Baumgartner, a world-renowned figure, a symbol of courage and passion for extreme flight. He was flying over our city when a fatal illness took his life today. Porto Sant'Elpidio stands with his family and loved ones in this moment of grief. On behalf of the municipal administration and all citizens, I express my sincerest condolences for this irreparable loss ."

How Felix Baumgartner died

" Sad news ," Calcinaro echoes, " Felix Baumgartner was a world-class skydiving and base jumping star. He had chosen our city to spend a few days on vacation with his family, but fate took him away due to a probable illness while flying over Porto Sant'Elpidio. My condolences and those of all Fermo for a superhero who held the world in suspense by even launching himself from space ."

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