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Parachute jumper Nick Piantanida, a New Jersey truck driver attempting to break the world's free-fall record, aboard gondola falling to earth after his oxygen supply failed during flight.
Location:US
Date taken:1965
Photographer:Robert W. Kelley
Size:1280 x 865 pixels (17.8 x 12.0 inches)

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