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NYC Freedom Tower B.A.S.E. Jump (Original Post) Mosby Mar 2014 OP
!!! marions ghost Mar 2014 #1
yike tomm2thumbs Mar 2014 #2
I find this very disturbing . . . markpkessinger Mar 2014 #3
and then there are people who make these B.A.S.E. jump guys look like sane 9-5ers Bosonic Mar 2014 #4
Impressive Security zebonaut Mar 2014 #5

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
2. yike
Tue Mar 25, 2014, 04:49 PM
Mar 2014

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

(8,409 posts)
3. I find this very disturbing . . .
Tue Mar 25, 2014, 05:19 PM
Mar 2014

. . . 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.

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