Brazilian authoritative declared that a DNA sample taken from a dead body found earlier this month matched that of a missing priest. On April 20th, Father Adelir Antonio de Carli strapped hundreds of helium-filled balloons to himself and set off from the off from the port city of Paranagua. De Carli planned to stay up in the air for over 19 hours in order to raise funds for a worship center for local truckers. Yet after eight hours in the air he was reported missing and his body was untraced until tugboat workers found the lifeless, floating body at sea.
Despite de Carli’s death, his brother told Brazilian press that his mission was not in vain:
“The flight was rewarding for his project despite his death. He always did things out of generosity to help others and not for himself or his own ego.” [ed. personal translation with help from Babelfish].
Image- CBS News (“This photo shows a cluster of colored party balloons floating in the ocean near Florianopolis, in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina on April 22, 2008. Catholic priest Adelir Antonio di Carli used the balloons…”)
Sources (English)- BBC News, Babelfish, Reuters UK, Xinhua
Sources (Portuguese)- Folha Online
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