American Luke Aikins leapt into the void at 25,000 feet (7,600 meters) on Saturday with no parachute or wingsuit, becoming the first skydiver to land safely on the ground in a net.
Aikins, who has done movie stunts, spent a year and a half preparing the death-defying feat, plummeting at 120 miles per hour (193 kph) in Simi Valley, California.
Fox television broadcast the two-minute jump live on an hour-long reality TV special.
“Pay attention to the science and the math behind this. And we’ll show you what’s possible,” said Aikins, 42, who runs a skydiving school in Washington state, just before taking off.
There was a lot of method behind Aikins’ madness: he has made more than 18,000 skydiving jumps.
Last Update: Wednesday, 20 May 2020 KSA 09:47 - GMT 06:47