73-Year-Old Man Attempting Dangerous Skydiving Record to Honor Vets: 'Run Toward the Challenge' (Exclusive)

Larry Connor stands in front of the Alpha 5 balloon following a successful test flight in Roswell, NM on August 20.Photo:Alex VarneyLarry Connor is a 73- year-old grandfather of six who long ago decided to try andcram as much adrenaline-fueled adventure into his life—and in the coming weeks he’s attempting to set the world record for the highest HALO (high-altitude, low-opening) formation skydive.One of only three people to have rocketed into outer space and descended to some of the deepest regions of the ocean, the Ohio-based real estate and technology entrepreneur recently paid to have the nation’s largest hot air balloon built and use it to carry him—along with four of the military’s most elite combat pararescue team members—up to 35,000 feet above the New Mexico desert and attempt their record-breaking leap.

74-Year-Old Florida Woman Saves Dog from Alligator: 'I Did the Only Thing I Could Do'

Photo: GettyA Florida woman heroically saved her dog when an alligator attacked it near Boca Raton.While Suzan Marciano and hergolden retrievermix, Nalu, are safe and healthy now, they had a frightening encounter in late August, when Marciano, 74, took Nalu off leash so she could play in the water during a walk at Burt Aaronson Park,The Palm Beach Postreports.Marciano, 74, had been playing fetch with her pet when she spotted a dark shape in the lake where Nalu was wading.

74-Year-Old Italian Man Dies After Being Crushed by Thousands of Cheese Wheels in Warehouse

Giacomo Chiapparini.Photo:Papini/ROPI via ZUMA Press Papini/ROPI via ZUMA Press Giacomo Chiapparini, a local producer of Grana Padano, a parmesan-style cheese, was inside his Bergamo warehouse on Sunday evening, when a 30-foot-high shelf holding his 15,000 cheese wheels gave way,NBC Newsreported. Each wheel weighs about 44 lbs., per the outlet. Chiapparini’s body was discovered on Monday morning after a search continued through the night.CNNreported that it took more than 11 hours to locate him under the cheese wheels.

75 Doctors from Florida Hospitals Hold Event Urging People to Get Vaccinated: 'We Are Exhausted'

Doctors in South Florida walk out in protest of unvaccinated patients.Photo: Lannis Waters/Palm Beach Post/USA Today With a deluge ofunvaccinated COVID-19 patientsfilling up area hospitals, around 75 doctors from South Florida staged a news conference on Monday to urge people to get inoculated. Early in the morning before the start of their shifts, the doctors briefly stood outside and spoke against the high number of people in the Palm Beach area whorefuse to get vaccinated.

75% of Explained SIDS Deaths Came From 'Soft Bedding' in Infants' Cribs, New Study Finds

Photo: Getty New parents, beware: a new study is once again highlighting the dangers of letting infants fall asleep on soft bedding. The study looked at the sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUIDs) of nearly 5,000 babies from 2011 to 2017, and found that a majority, nearly 72 percent, occurred in a sleep environment deemed “unsafe.” While 82 percent were categorized as unexplained, a majority of those that were considered “explained” shared one thing in common: soft bedding.