Five Skydivers Have Smooth Sailing Over Lower Manhattan

Five skydivers, including the photographer who took this picture, soar over Lower Manhattan, towards a waiting barge in the Hudson River. Photo: Andy Farrington

This is what Lower Manhattan would look like to Superman.

On Sunday morning, May 18, five skydivers from the Red Bull Air Force Wingsuit Flyers—Jon Devore, Jeff Provenzano, Amy Chmelecki, Sean MacCormac and Andy Farrington—jumped from a plane south of Manhattan. Falling from 7,500 feet and soaring 120 miles an hour over Downtown, all five landed safely on a waiting barge opposite Rockefeller Park in Battery Park City.

"To be the first people ever to do the flight line—the skyline—down Manhattan," said skydiver Jon Devore, "I can't explain it. I was sure I was going to wake up from a dream."