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The World's Longest Drop

The World's Longest Drop

S8 · E7 March 18, 1987

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Overview

On 18 September 1986, two young stockbrokers leapt from a hot-air balloon 35,000 feet above Norfolk to break the civilian World Freefall Record. They fell over six miles and reached a speed of 350 mph before opening their parachutes: their bodies had to withstand incredible extremes of pressure and temperature. So what made Rory McCarthy and Mark Child risk their lives in The World's Longest Drop?

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