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Tourist is left dangling 330ft in the air after glass-bottomed bridge shatters in 90mph gale-force winds in China
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 05/09/2021 5:28:17 PM PDT by algore

A tourist was left clinging on for dear life after the glass panels of a 330-ft high bridge in China were damaged in strong winds.

The glass-bottomed bridge is located at a resort built into the Piyan Mountain in the Chinese city of Longjing.

A terrifying image purportedly shows a man clinging onto the railing after winds of up to 90mph blew away some of the glass panels on Friday.

A photo of the stranded tourist was initially shared to the country's Weibo social media platform, where it amassed more than four million views.

According to a report in the Straits Times, the man was stuck on the bridge for a brief period.

He crawled to safety, guided by firefighters, police, and forestry and tourism workers.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bridge; chat; china; glassbridge; localnews; longjing; piyanmountain
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I hope this was not one of their BSL4 labs, I mean bridges.

This is one of these guys who goes where angels fear to tread.

1 posted on 05/09/2021 5:28:17 PM PDT by algore
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To: algore

Probably not a good time to be on that. I’ve seen pics of it.


2 posted on 05/09/2021 5:30:00 PM PDT by NWFree (Socialism is legalized plunder)
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Why would you go out on any bridge in 90 mph winds?

Why didn’t they close the bridge during such high winds?

3 posted on 05/09/2021 5:31:17 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spiritL)
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To: algore

The whole county is “Made in China”.

I’m sure stuff like this happens daily.


4 posted on 05/09/2021 5:32:47 PM PDT by UNGN
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To: algore

I guess the meme of “Chinese bioweapon” for COVID is reaching uncomfortable levels, so they’re laying the groundwork for “incompetence and lab accident” instead.


5 posted on 05/09/2021 5:33:11 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Pontiac
Why would you go out on any bridge in 90 mph winds?

Same type of person who runs to the beach when there's a tsunami warning.

6 posted on 05/09/2021 5:35:58 PM PDT by ETCM
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To: algore

Where is the danglage? I see no danglage.


7 posted on 05/09/2021 5:36:28 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the left, truth is right-wing extremism.⭐⭐)
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To: algore

I’ll venture to guess those glass panels were made in China.


8 posted on 05/09/2021 5:37:19 PM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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To: algore

I wouldn’t go on the Brooklyn Bridge in 90 mph winds...


9 posted on 05/09/2021 5:37:57 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Bait and switch. “Dangling” in the headline, “clinging” in the story.


10 posted on 05/09/2021 5:39:02 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Pontiac

Remember this is China

The govt mandate was:

bridge open 9-5 weekdays and 11-4 on weekdays,

who wants to undergo forcible organ donation for not following the rules ?


11 posted on 05/09/2021 5:40:04 PM PDT by algore
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You can look on YouTube for videos showing how some of the Chinese glass bridges have special panels that appear and sound like they are breaking as someone walks on them. Great jokesters the Chinese.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo0NJsr5m4I


12 posted on 05/09/2021 5:40:11 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: algore

China has another glass bottomed deck that is specifically designed yo “create the illusion of cracking” to thrill tourists,


13 posted on 05/09/2021 5:41:31 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. L)
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To: ETCM
Same type of person who runs to the beach when there's a tsunami warning.

Running to a hill top when there is a Tsunami warning is more my speed.

14 posted on 05/09/2021 5:41:40 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spiritL)
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To: UNGN

No lie there.


15 posted on 05/09/2021 5:43:25 PM PDT by ARGLOCKGUY
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To: Pontiac

I’ll stay off it when it’s sunny and calm.


16 posted on 05/09/2021 5:46:09 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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17 posted on 05/09/2021 5:46:38 PM PDT by deport ( )
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who wants to undergo forcible organ donation for not following the rules ?

With this kind of bad publicity in the international news, do you think that the person that allowed this man to be photographed in this position is going to walk away with both kidneys?

18 posted on 05/09/2021 5:48:03 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spiritL)
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To: algore

The Chinese love their glass bottomed pedestrian bridges.... the one at Zhangjiajie is amazing.... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50230971


19 posted on 05/09/2021 5:49:46 PM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: algore

The Chinese a a funny warped sense of humor.


20 posted on 05/09/2021 5:49:52 PM PDT by hoe_cake (A Descendant of the Signers of the Constitution. )
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