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1951 Press Photo Hudson River parachute Benarr McFadden

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Caption: (NY19)ALPINE, N.J., Aug.26--BENARR MACFADDEN HITS THE SILK--Benarr MacFadden, 83-year-old physical culturist, parachutes over the Hudson River here today (top) and lands twenty feet from the rocky shore. "I feel like a million," MacFadden told rescuers (bottom)."Next yaer I'm going to jump over the Niagara Falls." (APWirephoto)(m12220dns-str)1951.

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