52-year-old Florida daredevil took “going for a dip” to extreme levels when his powered paraglider hit a rogue wind gust and plummeted 500 feet straight into the ocean like a budget superhero origin story gone wrong. No dramatic slow-mo, just a splash heard ’round Singer Island as beachgoers and heroic lifeguard Sarah Williamson paddled out, a snorkeler untangled him from the mess of lines underwater, and the guy walked away with zero injuries—like he just took the world’s most expensive cannonball. “Five hundred feet is an incredible thing to survive,” said the lifeguard, probably while side-eyeing every paraglider forever. Florida Man: 1, Gravity: 0.
Florida paraglider survives 500-foot plunge into ocean
