Only Fossett is flying solo on the estimated two to three week trip. In addition, three other teams have announced their plans to join the race, including a team who will make their attempt from Australia, ascending to an altitude of 130,000 feet.
ALS is a fatal disease: Most ALS patients die within two to five years of diagnosis. Common causes of death are respiratory failure and/or cardiac problems related to insufficient oxygen. Patients may also suffer respiratory infections, such as pneumonia.
Well, It is worst to die from any disease. But I would like to enumerate a few diseases that could make life pretty miserable during the progression of the disease until death. ALS: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrigâs disease). The sufferer looses muscle functions one by one.