Tag: 1 World Trade Center
The trial of Andrew Rossig, James Brady, and Marko Markovich, the men who parachuted off 1 WTC in 2013, began on Monday. The three daredevils are facing charges of burglary, reckless endangerment, and violating the city ordinance against BASE jumping. The outcome of their case could have important repercussions for all urban explorers in New […]
Last month we saw the elevator ride up to the observatory at the top of 1 World Trade Center. Now, via the New York Times, we see what the ride down looks like. Unfortunately, it’s pretty unsettling. In the video by the Hettema Group and Blur Studio, the elevator bursts out of the side of […]
Starting next month, if you get into an elevator going to the observatory at the top of One World Trade Center, you’ll get to witness 500 years of change compressed into 47 seconds. The video, shown here via the New York Times, begins in the 1500s when Manhattan is all forest and reaches the present […]
A Manhattan judge has ruled that felony charges against three men for BASE jumping off of 1 World Trade Center won’t be dismissed, reports the Daily News. The trio snuck into the bland skyscraper last September and parachuted down with GoPro cameras strapped to their heads. Soon after the stunt, they posted video footage of […]
It’s arraignment day for the three men who BASE jumped off of 1 WTC last fall, and to mark the occasion, they released more footage from their exploits. The helmet-cam video isn’t quite as viscerally thrilling as the last clip we saw; this jumper, Marko Markovich, soars further out from the tower than his companion, and […]
In September of last year, three men BASE jumped off of 1 World Trade Center, and yesterday, they published GoPro footage of their exploits on YouTube. The stunt looks as insane as it sounds, and seeing the streets of the Financial District rushing towards the camera before the parachuter pulls his chord is exhilarating. All […]
Justin Casquejo, a 16-year-old from Weehawken, NJ, made his way to the top of 1 World Trade Center at 4AM Sunday, sneaking past several security guards. To get to the 104th floor, Casquejo simply took the elevator — according to the Post, the operator let him up despite his lack of ID. The young urban explorer got […]
