Video shows paraglider’s frightening 500-foot fall off Riviera Beach; victim lucky to walk away, rescuers say

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) — Cellphone video captured the moments a Florida paraglider plummeted about 500 feet into the water off the coast of a Palm Beach County beach. Rescue teams said he was lucky to walk away with his life.

Witnesses can be heard with panic in their voice, Friday, after seeing the victim fall into the water near Ocean View Park in Riviera Beach.

“Oh my gosh, oh my gosh,” a person can be heard saying in the footage…

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