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Yesterday. after the flight to tampa was forced to make an emergency landing in jacksonville, florida after a fire started on the plane. one oriole posted on facebook that the plane was free-falling for a few minutes as they tried to get it on the ground no injuries were reported. yankees yesterday punched their ticket to the playoffs with a 9-6 win. orioles and yankees are tied -- tied after 159 games, yankees close out the season with a three-game set at home against the red sox starting tonight. coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," president obama faces new questions about h...

For skydiver norman it's a chance to join friends and videotape 120-mile-per-hour drops to earth. >> i jump because i love the thrill. for me skydiving have three different thrills at the same time because you get the excitement of jumping out of the airplane, and you get the rush of free falling, and you know, it gives you that impression that you're flying. the third thrill is that you have that canopy ride that is more peaceful and you can enjoy the scenery. >> when jumping alone you step out the door, but group jumps require coordination between skydivers, climbing outside of the plane, gr...

Earth in less than eight minutes. it is a jump he is ready to make. >> the idea of scrubbing the launch is disappointing. >> reporter: the technical director for red bull stratus. he calls the mission risky, dangerous, the atmosphere so him that he must breathe only pure oxygen for over an hour before the launch. >> without that suit, felix would die in a matter of seconds. >> reporter: so if weather holds, the next attempt will be at 7:00 a.m. houston time in the morning. we will be here watching. kevin quinn, abc news, in roswell, new mexico. >> he says he is trying to help the next generati...

It is a jump he is ready to make. >> the idea of scrubbing the launch is disappointing. >> reporter: the technical director for red bull stratus. he calls the mission risky, dangerous, the atmosphere so him that he must breathe only pure oxygen for over an hour before the launch. >> without that suit, felix would die in a matter of seconds. >> reporter: so if weather holds, the next attempt will be at 7:00 a.m. houston time in the morning. we will be here watching. kevin quinn, abc news, in roswell, new mexico. >> he says he is trying to help the next generation of space suits. but he's going ...

Unbelievable. ♪ i'm free, free-falling. ♪ ♪ you know, we're a little early for this thing...