Tag: 1 WTC
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 […]
The tall, ugly building that’s referred to as One WTC — even though it looks like nothing like the original North Tower of the same name that was destroyed on 9/11 — officially opened its doors for business on Monday. It’s being widely reported that Conde Nast has started to transfer its workforce from Times […]
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 […]
