Daredevil Steve Fossett declared dead five months after vanishing during flight
Saturday, February 16, 2008
CHICAGO -- Millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who risked his life seeking to set records in high-tech balloons, gliders and jets, was declared dead Friday, five months after he vanished while flying in an ordinary small plane.
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