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Pretty sure he ran a red lol!
World Trade Center BASE Jumpers' Arrest Coincides with Release of Stunning Video
By Henry Baker 42 minutes ago Trending Now
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/world-trade-center-base-jumpers--arrest-coincides-with-release-of-stunning-video-180215707.html
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NYC Freedom Tower B.A.S.E. Jump (Original Post)
Mosby
Mar 2014
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marions ghost
(19,841 posts)1. !!!
OMG...recommended but these guys are so insane...
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)2. yike
I could see a paranoid cop thinking NYC was being overrun with terrorists and shoot to kill -- more dangerous than the actual jump I bet
markpkessinger
(8,548 posts)3. I find this very disturbing . . .
. . . Base jumping is very dangerous, and accidents do happen. I don't much care if these guys choose to take that risk for themselves, but in a dense, urban environment like lower Manhattan, they are potentially putting people on the ground at risk for something for which they should face ZERO risk.
There was a story last week about a teen from NJ who made his way to the top of the same building in the wee hours of the morning, having been able to sneak past a sleeping security guard. Both of these events point to a serious security problem with the site.
Bosonic
(3,746 posts)4. and then there are people who make these B.A.S.E. jump guys look like sane 9-5ers
zebonaut
(3,688 posts)5. Impressive Security
But the jump was cool