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12-Year-Old Plunges More Than 40 Feet From Ride

Jul 31st 2010 – 8:59AM
Dave Mills, AP

Dave Mills, AP

MADISON, Wis. (July 31) -- A 12-year-old girl at an amusement park plunged more than 40 feet to the ground on Friday, seriously injuring herself when a safety net under a "free fall" attraction failed to catch her. Police declined to identify the girl or to elaborate on her injuries, but said she was from out of state and...

50-Year-Old Woman to Attempt Record-Setting Free Fall

By David MoyeJun 11th 2010 – 7:24AM
Frank Goldsmith

Frank Goldsmith

(June 11) -- Think you've got big plans for the weekend? They're nothing compared with the ones Cynthia Ferrara has. The 50-year-old businesswoman is flying from her home in Golden, Colo., to Memphis, Tenn., hoping to set a world record as the woman who has done the highest altitude HALO (high altitude, low open) sky...

Background on free fall

Free fall is any motion of a body where its weight is the only force acting upon it. These conditions produce an inertial trajectory so long as gravity remains the only force.

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