Friday, June 21, 2013

The BASE jump at Trump Tower


You may have seen on the news over the past couple of days that three guys with parachutes cut their way into the highest part of Trump Tower and jumped off into the darkness of night, disappearing, apparently intact, into Chicago’s River North where, hopefully, rounds of cold brews awaited them.

BASE jumping (the word stands either for Building, Antennae, Span, Earth OR Big Ado – Stupid Exploit), is more popular in Chicago than the average citizen might imagine.  Particularly popular, apparently, are buildings under construction.

Anyway, the story reminded me of the morning of July 17, 2010 when I stood on the deck of Chicago’s Fair Lady next to Captain George and watched five guys jump off the top of Trump Tower as cameras rolled on the Transformers:  Dark of the Moon set. 

Here are the pictures that I took that morning . . . Why do it in the dark when it looks so cool in the sunlight?

JWB Photo - July 17, 2010

JWB Photo - July 17, 2010

JWB Photo - July 17, 2010

JWB Photo - July 17, 2010

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