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  • 73-year-old BASE jumper dies after setting parachute on fire

    05/19/2015 10:46:29 PM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 28 replies
    bigstory.ap.org ^ | May. 19, 2015 | AP
    TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a 73-year-old BASE jumper who died after leaping from an Idaho bridge had set his parachute on fire as part of a stunt. A graphic video of the fatal jump, posted to YouTube on Monday, shows someone engulfed in flames and falling from the Perrine Bridge into the Snake River, 500 feet below. James E. Hickey had apparently planned to ditch the flaming parachute and deploy a second chute in the May 7 stunt.