The crowds began to gather at dawn, although dozens of people had insisted upon camping out all night on a sprawling Hamptons meadow fearful of missing even a minute of the momentous event - the launch of the Free Life, the helium balloon poised to become the first ever to cross the Atlantic.įor four years, residents of the Springs hamlet in East Hampton, whose summer regulars included artist Willem de Kooning and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jean Stafford, had pitched in to help two unlikely adventurers prepare for the more than 3,000-mile journey. Pranksters fly 'spy' balloon over China embassy, accused of stoking WIII VP Kamala Harris: 'I don’t think' Chinese spy balloon should hurt US ties Hot air balloon pilot arrested after couple plunges to their deaths in fiery crashĬouple killed, daughter badly hurt after hot air balloon goes down in flames
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