Gothamist: All the News Buildings Fit to Climb

Spiritof76

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:34:00 -0500

One example? That's all you can find to support "more than a few" being killed by falling bodies? He's not even a good example. Suhr was killed because he was in an extremely dangerous environment and he was doing his job rushing in to save people. There was falling debris everywhere and he couldn't just take his time. Is anyone dumb enough to stand under a climber? There's not much of a view from that vantage point anyway. You're conflating two different situations. I know of at least one story where a woman was killed by a suicide jumper in a mall atrium. But these kinds of situations are not the same as spectators standing at a distance to gawk. Unless you think the building and the cops would just sit back and leave any entrance below the climber open to foot traffic, or that human bodies falling from buildings can soar across the street.

Art Stewel

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:58:34 -0500

jaycjay. I belive there were more than a few. Here's one: Danny Suhr.

sonyactivision

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:49:53 -0500

The NY Times has us all crawling the walls. Case dismissed.

jaycjay

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:51:14 -0500

"people have definitely died as a result of being struck by people falling from buildings. For example, on 9-11, it definitely happened." Really? I don't remember hearing of that on 9/11. I wouldn't think there'd be a lot of people standing around under the towers providing targets. I don't really remember hearing of anyone ever being killed by being hit by someone falling from a building for that matter, but that doesn't mean it couldn't have happened. Do you have any specifics? But in any case, as babyhitler said, this is a different situation than a jumper suddenly and without warning plummeting from a building. People were aware that the climbers were there.

babyhitler

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:18:31 -0500

this guy wouldn't have killed anybody cause the streets would have been cordoned off and people would be looking up. I like it that this guy stole the french fag guy's thunder. Imagine spending all that time and energy climbing the tower and some other dude steals your prestige by one-upping you. HILARIOUS!

Art Stewel

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:58:32 -0500

@ jt10000 I don't know if some yahoo ever landed on someone during a similar stunt, but people have definitely died as a result of being struck by people falling from buildings. For example, on 9-11, it definitely happened. I would expect that, in reality, there has been at least one instance, somewhere in the world, where somone was injured or killed by some climber that fell from a building.

jaycjay

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:52:32 -0500

"It is not far fetched that a climber could fall from their climb of a building. In addition to the climber, other people could get injured, or worse killed." Actually the second part of that, the idea that someone on the ground might be killed if a climber fell, IS pretty far-fetched. Everyone on the ground is looking up and would have no problem at all moving out of the way in the length of time it would take for someone falling from that height to reach the ground.

Dude69

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:13:42 -0500

#14 - Oh, you're glad no one's hurt. So what if someone was hurt, a bystander, or even a friend of yours. Tell me how would this taste to that person. Yes, my politics is a bit right of center, so I am inferior in the smarts department?! I think it's the liberal Obama supporters like you who's naive and intolerate of opposite views who need a brain.

megs

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:00:33 -0500

I like this taste of New York the way it was. I'm also glad no one was hurt. And I think we should make an example of Dude69: He's for McCain. A mindset that defies having a mind or a set.

jt10000

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:30:45 -0500

Have these sorts of climbers ever hurt other people? Not in theory, but in reality? They should get a ticket and a fine or a few hundred or a few thousand dollars for tresspassing, etc. Big whoop. Also, malaria is a serious killer worldwide that can be prevented at relatively low cost. More should be done. www.malarianomore.org

Dude69

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:09:32 -0500

#9 - you're correct, McCain'08!

Art Stewel

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:05:40 -0500

It is not far fetched that a climber could fall from their climb of a building. In addition to the climber, other people could get injured, or worse killed. Even people who are not spectators, maybe innocents just walking about. So the police are tasked with stopping the climber. And they are then endangered. Now, it might be fun if an area was closed off and some daredevil was allowed to climb a building with spectators at a safe distance. Even funner if the dope then fell.

tnturner

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:03:57 -0500

Fuck Malaria yo.

Anna_Merkin

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:59:23 -0500

Dude69, you support McCain, correct?

Spiritof76

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:44:44 -0500

Excuse me if I'm dense, but how does this endanger the police? The public, perhaps, since gawkers on the sidewalks and in traffic might cause accidents, but it's not like the police began a vertical pursuit of the climber.

zstone

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:30:00 -0500

I foresee new measures taken at the NYT building to dissuade climbers.

chuzzlewit

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:29:16 -0500

I am a magnificent ass, it turns out.

mocanlagunas

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:22:01 -0500

I think it is fun and brings character to NY... I guess I'm an ass then... I'm only sorry I missed both of them... damn!

JacqueMehoff

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:14:26 -0500

looks like a nice guy to me. nice start to the PR weekend.

Dude69

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:10:18 -0500

They should both be made an example of and be prosecuted to the fullest extend of the law. Anyone is an ass to think this is fun and brings "character" to NYC.

HowBoutDemCowboys

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:09:51 -0500

Ah yes, when we allow politicians, who make idiotic statements like throwing this guy in Rikers, to make actual laws that would do that, that's when we have problems of overcrowding and the real criminals (rapists, murderers, burglers, etc.) are given early release. Throw Vallone in Rikers and fine this guy some money to pay for Vallone's stay.

matty

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:02:52 -0500

I like this guy more than the other guy