To do so, in April 2008, the 41-year-old attached himself to 1,000 brightly-coloured helium balloons and took off from the Brazilian port city of Paranagua in April 2008. Father Antonio hoping to ...

Father Adelir Antonio de Carli took off into the sky from the Brazilian port city of Paranagua in April 2008 after strapping himself to 1,000 brightly-coloured helium balloons ...

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A Brazilian priest's balloon-fuelled charity bid to raise money for truckers ended in disaster, costing him his life. Father Adelir Antonio de Carli took to the skies strapped to 1,000 helium ...