gary connery, the wingsuit flier who landed without a parachute.e saw a guy flying behind him with a camera. here is that perspective. he was landing in 18,000 cardboard boxes. when you see what he had to land on, it looks even scarier. look at gary. >> whoa. >> oh, wow. >> see? >> go, gary. i love it. >> i would have liked to have ten more columns. >> so you 180,000 boxes. >> right. >> come on. >> more this way and that way. because he was actually at least two-thirds of the way down the line of boxes before he actually made impact. >> i would have landed in, like, marshmallow. >> i think maybe like pudding. just go in -- >> cotton candy. >> cotton candy would be nice. >> he had to jump out of the helicopter at exactly the right moment and kind of figure out how he was going to glide and maneuver. this is a challenge. especially given how tiny that landing strip was. >> think about the camera guy. had he to keep this guy in focus himself and land after he got gary landing in the boxes. after that, it's like, o i've got to take care of myself. >> t

gary connery in oxfordsure, england jumped out of a helicopter, 2,400 feet up in the air. he is wearing a parachute, but that's only in case something goes wrong. you see them jump out, they look like two specks. the guy behind him is filming the entire event. gary is the one below. he's landing at about 80 miles per hour. you see him pull up, and boom, right into a pile of boxes, wha. itn news talked to gary con errey after he touched down. >> i'm on such a high. it was wobbly on the way in for sure. but i absolutely knew i was in it and i wanted it, and it all worked out. >> still had to hurt, because he was coming in still pretty hot. >> 80 miles per hour? >> yeah, he pulled up to slou himself down, but that's not going to break your fall. >> he does emerge unharmed. he comes out, standing, smiling, fine. first guy to ever land without using his parachute. american wing suit driver jim corelist was hoping to be the first. gary beat him. >>> tom mave is known to many as a comic super hero. he does hilarious videos and puts them on his youtube channel maveinamerica. like

gary connery did not use a parachute but his custom-made jumpsuit did have wings. a choppy ride of speeds up to 80 miles per hour, but connery landed cleanly on a pile of card board boxes and walked away without a scratch. daredevils of a different kind of are lining up to scale mount everest days after four climbers died. that's next. 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb to help rebuild muscle and strength naturally lost over time. [ female announcer ] ensure muscle health has revigor and protein to help protect, preserve, and promote muscle health. keeps you from getting soft. [ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrition in charge! that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. 7. >> pelley: this evening, 00s of climbers are wait farther chance to reach the summit of mount e

stuntman gary connery set a world record for the highest freefall jump ever and jumps out of a helicopterom half a mile high with no parachute. >> just his wing suit. on the way down he hit more than 80 miles an hour. faster than some cars. cardboard boxes lined his landing strip and they were supposed to cushion his fall. well, he was fine. needless to say if you can imagine once he landed his wife said she was very relieved to that he said "i'm just getting started." >> not likely to win a nobel prize but mit researchers have found a way to get all the kemp out of the bottle. >> now, no more whacking the bottles. in just that right spot introducing liquid guide. >> a coating for the inside of the containers. all ingredients are safe from food. it's about a million tons of sauce wasted each yore so that's real savings. >> i don't know how i feel about that. now there's another ingredient on top of all the crazy ingredients in our ketchup. >> advertise to complain how you can't get it out somehow and take out some aggression and beat on the bottle. >> that looks pretty cool. >>> for some

english stuntman gary connery wore a specially designed wing suit to jump from a helicopter from 24,000eet. here's the detail. he didn't have a parachute during his free-fall. he reached speeds of more than 80 miles per hour, but he was able to swoop down to a relatively soft landing right into a huge pile of cardboard boxes. he walked away without a scratch and a big smile of relief on his face. >>> now here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,496 after losing 6 points yesterday. the s&p was up 2. the nasdaq added 11. >>> taking a look at overseas trading. in tokyo, the nikkei gained six points but in hong kong, the hang seng fell 119. >>> stocks finished mostly flat wednesday, but growing worries about greece's financial future rattled investors for most of the day. eu officials stepped up contingency plans for a possible greek exit from the eurozone currency. and while most backed the idea of issuing eurozone bonds to struggling economies, germany is holding fast to demands that greece remain in the eurozone and uphold its bailout commitmen

the dare devil's name was gary connery.is reportedl the first person to make that kind of jump without a parachute. he was wearing a suit that almost made him look like a flying squirrel. it allowed him to glide into a pile of 18,000 boxes that were set up to catch him. i don't care how many boxes you got. that ain't happening to me. >>>. >> he has a lot of nerve and a lot of boxes. when news4 at 4:00 continues, if you've ever wondered what your dog it'sing, doctors hope to answer that question one day. >>> plus, why a student was suspended for an anti-bullying video. >>> nasty conditions. if you are out on the roads, we've got some line and some low visibility. >> low visibility and some very heavy rain. it is pouring out there. take a look at the white house. it is absolutely coming down. in fact, at the rain rates on radar a couple minutes ago. it was coming at a rate of one to two inches per hour. there is probably some uponing on area roads with the cell that i'll show you. in fact there is one cell here that is up aro

take a look as gary connery jumps out. since he is the birdman, he doesn't need a parachute. his wings. sprouts a wing suit and glides one mile to his spot. this is the first time someplace has jumped -- someone has jumped from such a height without a parachute and survived. >>> scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> the top stories from around the world. plus, the bottleneck on mount everest. why so many are risking their lives to climb it. that's tonight. on the cbs evening news. >>> and here's a look at tonight's closing numbers from wall street. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a steamy spring evening with storms popping up. a live look outside right now. wjz has first warning weather coverage. meteorologist bernadette woods and tim williams are live at camden yards for our annual weather day. they have the annual forecast. >>> take a look at radar. right now, southwest of town, around linthicum. and the airport area. over toward columbia and sykesville. another batch from owings mills, pikesville, up towards finks burg. of

. >>> a man whose real name is gary connery wowed spectators in england as he jumped from the air.rusty wing suit, connery flew for about a mile before landing in cardboard boxes. officials say this is the first time anyone has jumped from such a height without a parachute and lived. >> those suits are used a lot for riding in the air along cliffs and everything. national geographic has an incredible piece on that. >> i'll take your word for it. i would never get in one. >>> it's warm and humid. should we look out for scattered thunderstorms? >>> bob turk has the updated first warning forecast next. and he'll tell us. ,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> take a quick look at radar. two areas of shower and thundershower activity. west of us and east of central maryland area. it looks like the stuff near queenstown and chestertown, might just make it across the bay into the baltimore region. particularly harford county, i think, over the next hour or two. we'll keep watching it. we're at 77 degrees right now. it will slowly drop, barometer right now, holding steady. southeast winds at 8. right now, aro

gary connery. check that out. the new world record holder for the highest free-fall jump ever.lly designed wing suit -- so cool -- he drops back to earth from nearly half a mile high with no parachute! >> on the way down he was going more than 80 miles an hour. his landing strip was lined with cardboard boxes to cushion his fall. when he was all done and nice and safe, it was no surprise to anyone that his wife said she was relieved it was all over. but here's what he said to her. relieved? oh, we're just getting started. >> how do you top that? what do you do next? >> i don't know how you can possibly top jumping out of an airplane without any protection except for a wing suit. he needs to be an action hero. >> he certainly does. that wing suit was awesome. >> you want one? don't you? >> i'm scared to death of heights. well, maybe that's a little exaggeration. i'd never -- never say never, okay, keep on contradicting myself. but i don't think i would jump out of a plane. >> not even with a parachute? >> i'm not a daredevil. adventurer, yeah. i'll walk down a dark alley anywher

stunt man gary connery, definitely not afraid of highs. daredevil recently jumped from a helicopter without a parachute wearing only a winged flight suit. >> that is dumb. >> he dropped 2,400 feet before crash landing head first into a pile of boxes. this is the first time anyone has ever accomplished this death-defying free fall. >> why boxes? >> i have no idea. >> why not foam? >> i mean, why not a giant mattress. >> why not a net or something? >> right. >> but boxes. >> i would think a cardboard box at 120 miles an hour. >> not soft. >> we come right back. stay with us. if you are one of the millions of men who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use less gel. and with androgel 1.62%, you can save on your monthly prescription. [ male announcer ] dosing and application sites between these p

gary connery and his wife vivian are in london to talk about gary's amazing accomplishment.ing. thanks to you both for being with us. >> good morning. >> gary, let me start with you. you're a professional stuntsman. you've jumped out of planes hundreds of times. why did you want to do it? why did outwant to jump without a parachute? >> i've about been doing it for serval years now and it was just the next stage, you know. i'd got on the a point where the base jumping was. exciting me enough. the winged suit flying wasn't enough. i had to do something -- take the next step on that lad sneer clearly you did that. tell me about your strategy here. was it something thr than one jump, and, two, hope for a bunch of cardboard boxes to soften your landing? >> hopefully. >> no, not really, but i've been telling everyone there's more to it than that, but, no, not really. i knew i could do it. my day job is tv and film stunts so i've done high falls and crashed motorbikes and what have you and crashing into boxes, so i knew that would work in terms of stopping me. i know i could fly in

connery. >> i'm relieved it's all over. >> reporter: the poor woman must be used to it. gary made a name jumping off monuments and made a living as a stuntman, doubling for stars in movies like "the beach." but this, this was another level. he believed he could fly. he believed he could touch the sky. let's watch that landing once again. no one is going to say that's graceful. that's history. human history. now, gary has another stunt in the pipeline. he won't say what it is but all of you out there, if you have a religious bone in your body pray for him. just pray for him. >> and his poor long-suffering wife. >> absolutely. >> she said she was glad it was all over. it's not. >> he went in fast. >> looked like he had the wind knocked out of him. i have a stomachache watching him. >> sam, how about the weather? >> it's amazing, the steering ability he has. >> you've got a flight suit. >> no, you just got to work on that landing. that's a full face plant. there should be an easier way, i don't know. just saying. let's get to pictures of what's going on in the west. there's been

gary connery intentionally jumped from a perfectly good helicopter without a parachute, and you won'tve how he landed. trace gallagher tell us. trace? >> reporter: no parachute, no problem. he's a stuntman, by the way, in the u.k. he's been in films, he's done over a thousand sky dives and base jumps in his career but nothing like this one. helicopter takes him up to 2500 feet in that special bird suit. he jumps out, he flies for about 25 seconds. says he actually studied this in switzerland, jumping out of planes, he studied the kite bird. oh, what happened? there he is. studied the kite bird 25 seconds ahead as he lands, he lands in 18,000 boxes. [cheers and applause] how cool is that? what was it like? here's gary. >> absolutely amazing. i'm overwhelmed with the whole crew. i mean, look at the sides of that rig that people have put -- size of that rig that people have put together for me. i'm so choke with the the turnout. it's been an amazing experience and, you know, it was so comfortable, so soft. my calculations have, obviously, worked out, and i'm glad they did. >> reporter: h

. >> reporter: on wednesday, gary connery makes his final preparations before jumping from a helicopterng a special wing suit. the 42-year-old plans to glide in for a landing with a massive pile of more than 10,000 boxes to brake his fall. he's made hundreds of jumps before, but even he admits this leap has him a little scared. >> paranoia, i think for something like this it's a great state of mind and keeps me focused and keeps me aware of what i'm doing. >> reporter: he appears as just a speck in the sky with another jumper filming him from above. he's in free fall fwhith seconds before hebegins to glide. soaring at 128 kilometers per hour, his flight lasts less than a minute. his wing suit slows him down to 96 kilometers per hour before he lands on the makeshift runway of cardboard. >> reporter: connery's ground crew and wife quickly move in and after a few tense moments, the stuntman emerges from the piefl boxes unscathed. >> it's been an amazing experience and it was so comfortable, by my calculations it worked out and i'm glad they did. >> where is your wife? how is she? >> there

the british stuntman, gary connery, landed on top of close to 1900 cardboard boxes set up as a cushionplete freefall, as he wore a special wing suit. worn by other base jumpers. still, the first time anyone has pulled this off as far as we know. connery has done stunt work in several hollywood films, including "batman begins" and "indiana jones." he was also in the james bond film "die another day." >> it's a good thing he didn't. that's one dangerous pasttime. but can you imagine landing on the boxes? >> how is that a cushion? >> especially landing on the edges. >>> 56 minutes past 5:00, on the east coast, a dangerous job for firefighters this morning. how would you like to be trying to put out a fire on a nuclear sub? yes, nuclear sub. we're going to update you on this and let you know how the flames are no longer that bright orange. look at the car! my dad's gonna kill me dude... [ male announcer ] the security of a 2012 iihs top safety pick. the volkswagen passat. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the 2012 passat for $209 a month. ♪ i don't wanna be right [ re

gary cut that sucker in half. conneryded on a pile of nearly 120,000 cardboard boxes and walked away unharmed. take a gander. >> it's been an amazing experience, and it was so comfortable, so soft, my calculations have obviously worked out, and i'm glad they did. >> obviously the man is no amateur. he's done nearly 900 skydives, 440 base jumps, and he's performed stunts in everything from "harry potter" to "die another day" to "batman begins." but can you imagine our navy s.e.a.l.s jumping out of planes? just when they couldn't get any more bad ass. when we turn from the edge of possibility to a leap of faith, we turn to a leap into our future for our veterans. hiring heroes to work for energy and food sustainability so that they never have to fight wars like those that they have in recent years again. a d.r. show special report, straight ahead. ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three s