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YouTuber Records Self Falling To Death Off Skyscraper
BlueLivesMatter ^ | 11 December 2017 | Sandy Malone

Posted on 12/14/2017 4:25:15 PM PST by COBOL2Java


A man who did rooftop climbing stunts fell to his death on video.


Changsha, Hunan Province, China - A daredevil who called himself “China’s First Rooftopper” filmed his own death in November (video below).

Wu Yongning, 26, was attempting to do pull-ups on the side of a 62-story skyscraper when he lost his grip and fell to his death on Nov. 8.

The accident was filmed by a camera Wu had placed to record his trademark daredevil stunt at the summit of the Huayuan Hua Center, one of the tallest buildings in Changsha, central China.

The video, which has gone hugely viral internationally, showed Wu preparing for his stunt, lowering himself over the side of the building, and then bringing himself back up, apparently not pleased with the surface of the wall he was holding on to while he hung in the air.

In the video, he went over the wall a second time, did a few more pull-ups, and then attempted to pull himself back up to the top.

He struggled, and then fell, dropping out of view of the camera.

His body was recovered by window washers.


(video - not for the faint of heart)

(Excerpt) Read more at themaven.net ...


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1 posted on 12/14/2017 4:25:15 PM PST by COBOL2Java
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To: COBOL2Java

Winner of the Darwin award.


2 posted on 12/14/2017 4:26:08 PM PST by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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To: COBOL2Java
Contrary to popular belief, you actually can fix stupid.
3 posted on 12/14/2017 4:26:46 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: COBOL2Java

Gravity wins again.


4 posted on 12/14/2017 4:28:00 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter (I would rather be deplorable than detestable.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Seen video of guys in Russia and Dubai doing this stuff.

It was only a matter of time.


5 posted on 12/14/2017 4:28:03 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: gov_bean_ counter
He was a nephew of the Captain


6 posted on 12/14/2017 4:29:10 PM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: COBOL2Java
China’s First Rooftopper

Ooops! Make that China’s Last Rooftopper.

7 posted on 12/14/2017 4:29:27 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: COBOL2Java

I read elsewhere that he fell about 45 feet to a ledge on the 62 story building. 45 feet doesn’t sound as good as 62 stories. It wasn’t the fall, it was the sudden stop. Dolt.


8 posted on 12/14/2017 4:29:54 PM PST by KingLudd
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To: gov_bean_ counter

9 posted on 12/14/2017 4:32:08 PM PST by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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10 posted on 12/14/2017 4:32:57 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: COBOL2Java

Ignorance of the law (of gravity) is no excuse.


11 posted on 12/14/2017 4:35:51 PM PST by LeoTDB69
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To: COBOL2Java

It’s been said that facing the sheer terror of death causes the person to faint in mid-air (become unconscious) or suffer a fatal heart attack. In most falling cases, the person is already dead before they hit the ground.


12 posted on 12/14/2017 4:41:04 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (10% pure, flat income tax for everyone. No deductions, credits, or loopholes.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Dead Before they hit the Ground.

Um..okay
THANKS!
THAT makes it better.


13 posted on 12/14/2017 4:45:22 PM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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14 posted on 12/14/2017 4:50:45 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: COBOL2Java

If he wasn’t such a daredevil, he might have lived to be 150. Ohh, so solly!


15 posted on 12/14/2017 4:52:33 PM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

That old wives tale may be comforting to some but since it can’t be proved I suspect it’s wrong.

Of course, we could throw a few Democrats off of some tall buildings to test the idea.

They say they like science and this will give them a chance to prove it.


16 posted on 12/14/2017 4:53:47 PM PST by MeganC
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To: COBOL2Java

Will this be on Tosh.o?


17 posted on 12/14/2017 4:53:58 PM PST by PittsburghAfterDark (The American media: We do what the Soviet media did without the guns to our head.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Absolutely true! I read it right here:

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3613699/posts?page=12#12


18 posted on 12/14/2017 4:54:29 PM PST by TexasGator (Z)
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To: Big Red Badger
I'm serious. In most falling cases, the person dies in mid-air due to the abject trauma of facing death, or they faint and go unconscious.

After dying in your sleep, it is the most peaceful way to go, believe it or not.

19 posted on 12/14/2017 5:00:24 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (10% pure, flat income tax for everyone. No deductions, credits, or loopholes.)
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To: COBOL2Java

At least he died doing what he loved.


20 posted on 12/14/2017 5:01:31 PM PST by Tax-chick ("It's not like a productive member of society would have been lost." ~ PAR35)
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