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Published March 20, 2012, 12:00 AM

Ed Ristaino


Pilot Ed Ristaino, 63, speaks to skydivers in his hot-air balloon over Fitzgerald, Ga., March 16, 2012. Later, Ristaino would tell his five passengers to bail out just before a thunderstorm sucked in his craft and sent him plummeting to his death. Searchers found his body Monday, March 19, 2012 after combing the woods in south Georgia with helicopters, airplanes, horses and all-terrain vehicles. (AP Photo/Brian Wesnofske)
Read the article: Hot-air balloon pilot killed in Georgia; passengers safe