Chilling video footage captured the moment a skydiving instructor ran off a cliff’s edge and plunged to his death.
Jose de Alencar Lima Junior died while attempting a speed fly — an air sport similar to paragliding — at Pedra Bonita in Sao Conrado, Brazil, on Sunday morning, according to the news agency newsX.
Footage shows the 49-year-old Army veteran running over the cliff’s edge — with his parachute just barely opening.
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A crowd of onlookers can be heard gasping in horror as Lima disappeared over the edge, falling into a dense forested area below.
Lose de Alencar Lima Junior died while attempting a speed fly on Sunday. @eduardotchao/Instagram
Lima, who served as a paratrooper in the Brazilian Army’s Parachute Infantry
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