Keith finished the London Marathon and did a parachute jump, both of which were fantastic, but he's never doing them again!

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He was fitted with a parachute for the jump, which saw him accelerate to 80mph, but it was not deployed.

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In 1999, he set the world record for the highest parachute jump from a building when he jumped from the Petronas Towers in Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia.

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In a letter home after her first parachute jump, she explained why she never let her parents visit her during her four years in pilot training.

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There have been several this year alone: the largest handprint in Kuwait, the longest table in Dubai or the most people to parachute-jump from a hot-air balloon.

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Two friends, who shared the price of a helicopter rental with Ruppert, did not see whether his parachute opened on his second jump, authorities said.

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Being able to swim loops along the 1.5-mile span between the pier, bordered by the iconic Coney Island Parachute Jump to the west and the beginning of the Esplanade to the east, means swimmers can make a quick exit from the water if necessary.

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