Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian extreme athlete who became the first person to break the sound barrier during a freefall jump in 2012, died Thursday in a paragliding crash along Italy's eastern coast, according to officials. He was 56.
Italian firefighters reported a paraglider crashed into a swimming pool in the city of Porto Sant Elpidio. Mayor Massimiliano Ciarpella confirmed Baumgartner's death in a social media post.
