Vesna Vulovic: The Woman Who Fell From The SkyNearly five decades ago, Vesna Vulovic fell thousands of feet after the plane she was on exploded midair. When I met her at her home in Belgrade in 2008, she told me she had no memory of the fall. She earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest recorded fall without a parachute. His conviction in November 2017 for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes marked the end of one of Europe’s bloodiest chapters since the end of World War II. Consequently, thousands of men were killed in so-called blood feuds, leaving women alone in a culture where men ruled.

Source: New York Times January 03, 2020 20:15 UTC