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Daredevil Jeb Corliss Banned From ESB For Life!

corlissjeb0610.jpg It's been over four years since daredevil Jeb Corliss attempted to parachute off the Empire State Building. Last year he was sentenced to three years of probation and 100 hours of community service, and yesterday a ruling was made public that has banned him from the landmark for life!

According to the Daily News, Supreme Court Justice Jane Solomon and ESB's management both agreed Corliss fully intended on jumping from the building that day when he showed up in "a phony Fu Manchu mustache, a fat suit and a mask" to buy his ticket to the observation deck. The Post reports that Corliss said, "the same city in a different time, it would have have been a totally different story"—and made mention of George Willig, who in 1977 climbed the WTC's south tower. Willig was fined $1.10 for each floor he scaled by mayor Abe Beame, who posed for photos with him at a press conference later. (And who didn't love Philippe Petit in Man On Wire?)

This means Corliss will never be able to fulfill a lifelong dream of parachuting from the building—in fact, his attorney says he has no plans to jump from any New York landmarks without securing a permit first, however, he is "going to jump out of a plane and land without a parachute while wearing a squirrel suit." Location TBD? In the meantime, the judge is also allowing the ESB to continue their civil suit against Corliss, so his nightmare isn't over just yet...

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  • Spirit of 76

    Why does the Post compare this to climbing a building? One is slowly, methodically going up, with everybody on the ground watching. The other is unexpectedly falling from the sky, where if his chute doesn't open, he could go splat on some poor unsuspecting pedestrians on a crowded sidewalk.

  • Peter

    Sort of like the way Wal Mart bans shoplifters from entering its stores.

  • whitecastlerock

    First Mother Teresa, now this...

  • LOL

  • Kojak

    Whatever. Its not like he owned a business inside & had office space or anything. I've lived here all my life and have NEVER been up top.

    He'll live.

  • Gotham Extremist

    Most true new yorkers dont do NY stuff like going up the ESB or take the subway or eat a hotdog or.......

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