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Gaumont newsreel footage, unused/unissued, of the fatal fall of Franz Reichelt from the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 4th February 1912. Austrian-born Franz Reichelt was a French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer. On February 4, 1912, to test a wearable parachute of his own design, he jumped from the Eiffel Tower, to his death.
The Eiffel Tower (/ ˈ aɪ f əl / ⓘ EYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ⓘ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel , whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889.
Franz Reichelt (16 October 1878 – 4 February 1912), also known as Frantz Reichelt [1] or François Reichelt, was an Austro-Hungarian-born [2] French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer, now sometimes referred to as the Flying Tailor, who is remembered for jumping to his death from the Eiffel Tower while testing a wearable parachute of his own design.
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Structural damage, fires ignited by jet fuel weakened the tower's steel beams, eventually causing a progressive collapse. [4] Marriott World Trade Center [5] Lower Manhattan, New York City 1981 Destroyed Sustained heavy damage in the collapse of 1 and 2 World Trade Center 54+ Did not collapse, but was declared destroyed. [6] 4 World Trade Center
Google Street View imagery from that street shows a building which clearly matches the building seen in the video of the person falling from a balcony. Links. Archived post on X of first video.
The drop tower initially opened, along with the park itself, on 30 November 1999. [6] The tower allows participants enter into free fall from a height of 69.5 meters, or 228 feet (the equivalent of a 23-story building) at a speed of approximately 94 km/h (58.41 mph).