A Florida kite surfer was killed after high winds swept him into the air and launched him into the side of a building.
The tragic moment happened Wednesday at around 10 AM in Ft. Lauderdale, Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Stephen Gollan said.
Surveillance footage, obtained by WTVJ, shows the man struggled with his kite on the beach as winds kicked up ... before the gusts eventually lifted him into the air and took him from the sand through some palm trees.
The wind eventually carried the man -- later ID'ed as 61-year-old Fred Salter -- into the side of a home .