baseball dropped from helicopter: Zack Hample Makes Amazing 1,000 feet Catch

baseball dropped from helicopter

A world record was recently broken by an American man who caught a baseball that was dropped from a helicopter.

The drop was from 1,200 feet in the air, and the ball was caught by a man named Zack Hample, reports the Telegraph.

He collects baseballs, and he has caught close to 7,000 baseballs from games throughout his life.

In addition, the helicopter took from a minor league baseball field in Massachusetts. When this happened, it seemed to be a close call. It looked like Hample was losing sight of the ball several times, but in the end, he actually caught the ball and broke the record.

While he was attempting to catch this ball, he wore full catchers gear to ensure that he would be safe throughout this process. When he finally caught the ball, it was traveling at about 95 miles per hour. The event was performed as part of a charity stunt, during which $500,000 is donated to charity every time Hample catches a ball during one of these games. This was an interesting catch, and a world record was broken by a man who has spent most of his life trying to catch balls during baseball games.

check out the video of the baseball dropped from thehelopter below.

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