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World Trade Center Base Jumpers Sentenced To…

World Trade Center
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Back in early 2014 I posted about a Crazy Video: Base Jumping Off 1 World Trade Center.

Months after the jumps took place, the 4 men involved turned themselves in to the police. Since then, I can’t say that I’ve given much thought to the case.

I had no clue what kind of punishment would be handed down until I came across an article from Outside Magazine. Continue reading World Trade Center Base Jumpers Sentenced To…

Crazy Video: Base Jumping Off 1 World Trade Center

a tall building under construction in a city
image credit: onewtc.com

Back in September three men BASE jumped off One World Trade Center, the tallest building in America. (For those of you unfamiliar with BASE jumping, find out a little about it here.)

If not for video surveillance footage of their landing in front of the Goldman Sachs building, those involved may have never been caught. According to this NY Post article, the NYPD didn’t even know where the men had jumped from when they initially saw the footage.

After months of investigating the jump and hours after it was reported, the 4 men involved (3 jumpers and a lookout) turned themselves in to the police.

Continue reading Crazy Video: Base Jumping Off 1 World Trade Center