One man, one jump, three world records!

One small step, one giant leap for mankind--you Armstronged it for us, literally!

What an exciting Sunday afternoon it was, watching Felix Baumgartner rising in his balloon-borne capsule, stepping out of it, and jumping down through the sound barrier on his way home!

What went through his mind when he was about to jump? He must have been terrified. I would have been, as most people would. That was the question a reporter posed in the news conference that followed.

Check out the video (below) and see if you can write out the transcript for 14:49 - 15:02, beginning with "What went through your head ...."

Post your transcript on your blog and check it with a partner or with the words below.


Isn't it amazing when the context changes the entire meaning of an isolated quote?
Here's the CONTEXT of the quote: start at 1:20 of http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=0JM9MCNU
Those who guessed his reference to jumping off the arm of the Jesus statue in Rio, Brazil, got it right.

TRANSCRIPT:

Question: What went through your head at that moment before you jumped?
Felix Baumgartner: Well, I thought, Please, God, don't let me down. But if you're standing in His Son's arm, you know, nothing can go wrong at that moment. That's what I [was] thinking.