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Feb. 16 - German paraglider survives a storm that swept her 30,000 feet into the air.
Paraglider Ewa Wisnierska was sucked thousands of feet into the air by a thunderstorm whilst flying.
She spent 40 minutes unconscious while being carried to a height of approximately 30,000 feet, where she was pounded by hail, narrowly avoided lightning and was covered in ice.
A 40-year-old Chinese paraglider sucked into the same storm cell was found dead a day after going missing.
Wisnierska was was taken to hospital for minor injuries but discharged shortly afterwards.
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