B.A.S.E. off freedom tower NYC

[regulator 0]

http://www.break.com/video/base-jumping-from-the-freedom-tower-in-nyc-2590999

[Squeak 17]

AND BUSTEDw

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
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[JohnMitchell 14]

Damn, now the site's been burned!

[BillyVance 34]

JohnMitchell

Damn, now the site's been burned!

Yep! Good luck trying to be the 2nd group to pull it off.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[Phillbo 11]

Did his canopy get hung up on the traffic light wires?

[shropshire 0]

Oh the irony .. it's called the Freedom tower [doh]

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[yoink 321]

I could never be a BASE jumper.

I don't have enough Go-Pros.

[quade 3]

shropshire

Oh the irony .. it's called the Freedom tower [doh]

When naming things, not everybody thinks things through throughly.

quade -
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[GooniesKid 0]

Action starts at 2:39.

You're welcome

[strife 0]

caught months after the jump. warrants and videos \ seal team 6

[jumpwally 0]

i wonder who narced on them ?

smile, be nice, enjoy life
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[champu 1]

I wonder if they know that you can turn the blinking lights off.

Go Pros need not be the modern day L.A. Lights.

[JohnnyMarko 1]

3:08 mark...is that the other jumper deploying below video man?

[skydivecat 3]

Yes, that is the third jumper deploying at 3:09 to the lower right.

[ryoder 1,381]

The story behind it is pretty interesting: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/25/hero-or-criminal-james-brady-the-wtc-ironworker-who-jumped-off-the-building.html

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[turtlespeed 212]

JohnMitchell

Damn, now the site's been burned!

The last two were burned too.

Oh - you mean like all used up!

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
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[sfzombie13 307]

that was a cool story, what a piece of detective work. i like the idea of the exception to the law.

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[Mach1dmb 0]

shropshire

Oh the irony .. it's called the Freedom tower [doh]

I look at it as a metaphor. They all were at freedom until they leaped.

[Krip 2]

ryoder

The story behind it is pretty interesting: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/25/hero-or-criminal-james-brady-the-wtc-ironworker-who-jumped-off-the-building.html

If you watch the real life police shows on the telly, the detective work reported in the beast is the new normal for the po po.

CCTV: is everywhere the cops canvas the neighbor hood then radiate out. To check out the other CCTV's

Cell phone records: almost everyone has one, and has them turned on. 3am in lower Manhattan

Without video It didn't happen, got to have a go pro. Po Po get a search warrant and secure the computers of the suspects.

Donating the profits to the 911 victims after 4 lawyers fee's etc. Is a nice touch.

Nice jump just not very well planned getaway.

One Jump Wonder

[JohnMitchell 14]

turtlespeed

***Damn, now the site's been burned!

The last two were burned too.

Oh - you mean like all used up!



Owwww! Too soon still?

Turtle, turtle, turtle. . .

[skybill 18]

Hi Reggie,
Saw this cruising the web too. This was a first for the new tower, "case of Beer!!" Anyone, ya' have to be an old fart, remember Owen Quinn and the first Base jump off the Twin Towers when they were under construction?? 'Was written up in "Spotter" magazine back when! Owen was also a member of Long Island Skydivers back then at Spadero's Airport on L.I. He died some years ago I believe from cancer. The Twin Towers are gone and Owen is gone but the legend lives on.

SCR-2034, SCS-680

III%,
Deli-out

[3331 108]

Owen Quinn is alive and well living in Mastic Beach Long Island.

He’s a Facebook friend of mine too.

I Jumped with the guys who invented Skydiving.

[skybill 18]

Hi 31,
"GREAT!!!!!!!!" Sure beats the alternative!!!! 'Don't remember who said he passed?? Doesn't matter, he's Alive!!

SCR-2034, SCS-680

III%,
Deli-out

[Parapig 2]

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/9983455-alleged-world-trade-center-daredevils-are-no-strangers-to-sky-diving-community/

Talk about bad reporting. Couldn't they find someone who actually skydives.
Check out this link. Some people are such hypocrites.

[TriGirl 268]

Iago

They're just pissed that they got egg on their face a second time. First four BASE jumpers, then a 16 year old kid.

When I heard the news tease about the kid ("security not as tight at Freedom Tower as is advertised!"), I thought that incident would turn out to be BASE jumpers. Guess the kid was a few months too late!

I always figured someone on the building crew would take care of that (get that first BASE from the building out of the way), since they're known to security and definitely know all the ins and outs of the structure. I'm just surprised they didn't jump it while it was still under construction. What would they be charged with in that case, if they were already granted access to the site by virtue of building the thing?

(yeah, I know only one of the guys was actually on the crew. Let's assume for the sake of the question that everyone jumping from an unfinished structure was granted access due to being on the work crew)

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