120,000 FT JUMP FROM SPACE

Yesterday, Felix Baumgartner undertook a stratospheric balloon flight to more than 120,000 feet / 36,576 meters and made a record-breaking freefall jump, bcoming the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall (an estimated 690 miles / 1,110 kilometers per hour). Upon landing, Baumgartner was whisked away amidst what spectators described as, "...a green glowing light that encompassed him."