Calgary Tower
Posted on 04/04/2005 7:36:23 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
A man is in hospital recovering from non-life threatening injuries, the day after he leapt off the roof of a 40-storey downtown Calgary building.
Police say a 41-year-old man wearing a parachute jumped from the roof of the TD Canada Trust building shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday night.
Partway through his descent, at the building's 24th floor to be precise, he smashed into a window.
"He was then out of control coming down to the ground and landed on the atrium on the fifth floor smashing out the window on the fifth floor," police Sgt. Mike Lomore told CTV's Calgary affiliate, CFCN News.
"All the glass on the 24th floor came down and broke a lot of windows in the atrium as well."
The man's girlfriend, who was waiting on the ground to assist in a planned getaway, instead called emergency services.
A helicopter was called in to first locate and then rescue the man from the top of a pedestrian walkway.
One paramedic told CFCN that the man was alert when they arrived.
"He was conscious, he was talking and he was obviously in a lot of pain," the paramedic said. "One of the things he did relay to the paramedics was there was obviously a miscalculation."
He was taken to Foothill Hospital for treatment of pelvic and back injuries.
Investigators believe the man was trying to BASE jump from the building when he was pushed back towards it by a wind current.
An acronym for buildings, antennae, spans and earth, BASE jumping is a so-called extreme sport that has seen people leap from some of the world's tallest landmarks.
There was no word how the man managed to gain access to the roof of the Calgary tower.
Charges are pending.
Bump, eh?
Obviously. He failed to take into account the fact that he was a complete moron.
Hopefully both criminal and monetary (for what his stunt cost the city and others.)
The Canadian taxpayers will still foot the bill for his treatment. Ah, the wonders of Socialized Medicine.
He should be taken to Footbill Hospital.
Calgary Tower
I would like to see the "calculations" involved. I would bet that there were none. How can you "miscalculate" when the thought process is roughly, "Hold muh beer..."
Sorry, just a pet peeve of mine.
Hold my Labatts alert
HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN!!
All his BASE are belong to us.
Gads. I'm smacking myself in the head that that never even occurred to me...
Not even good Darwin award honorable mention material.......
Dummy, should never jump out of the black building.
Ugh. I wonder if he'll have to pay for the damage to the buildings? Why do I doubt it?
YOU HAVE NO CALCULATIONS MAKE YOUR TIME
Why didn't he jump on the other side, away from the wind and atrium?......
Actually he was distracted by the nearby Miss Calculations:
"She blinded me with science"
"SCIENCE!"
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