http://www.gothamist.com/2004/02/18/other_nyc_news.php All comments for Other NYC News en-us 2007 jen Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:08:15 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jen@gothamist.com jen@gothamist.com 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/02/18/other_nyc_news.php#comment-16622 http://www.gothamist.com/2004/02/18/other_nyc_news.php#comment-16622 Comments Wed, 18 Feb 2004 19:02:30 -0500 <p>A lot of people don't realize that the engineering of the Empire State building prevents you from falling all the way down. The guy only fell eight stories. He went up 80 floors just for an 8-story drop. Perhaps he should have chosen a shorter building with a straight, plain construction. The Flatiron building might have been a good one. The Pan Am/Met Life building is another good one. Or the Citigroup building--he could have climbed to the diagonal roof and slid it down like one giant, final slide to the great beyond.</p>