Cracks appear in Willis Tower's Skydeck: Tower spokesman says there is no danger

Yahoo News ^ | By Mike Krumboltz,

[BenLurkin]

group of tourists checking out the Skydeck on the 103rd floor of the Chicago skyscraper received the shock of a lifetime when the glass pane they were standing on began to crack, NBC Chicago reports.

The photo of the cracked glass, taken by Alejandro Garibay, quickly went viral. Nobody was hurt.

Garibay told NBC Chicago that after the protective layer began to crack, he alerted staffers. "When we pulled our phones to start recording and take pictures, they asked us to leave right away," he said.

Tourists who go to the very top of the skyscraper are given the opportunity to step out onto "the Ledge," a series of glass boxes made of three layers of glass built to hold five tons, and then look straight down on the Windy City.

[funfan]

Yes they both know everything.

[driftless2]

A few years ago The Mythbusters did an episode to see if it was possible to leap at an office window and break through. I can’t remember if they managed to break a window. But after their experiment, they told the tale of a Toronto lawyer who would entertain visitors by taking a running leap and jumping into one his office windows on the 24th floor to show how strong they were. Except they weren’t as strong as the lawyer thought they were.

[Shimmer1]

classic ‘stark fear’ pic

[Vendome]

LOL

So true....

Got my pass to Great America and while I was being thoughtful, I stupidly asked if be would like to go and we could ride the coasters....

I was reminded of scared ghost photo

[ken5050]

WOTW was a spectacular venue. I probably ate there over 100 times..Dusk was especially beautiful..the city lights would be on, yet you’d still get the colors of the sunset. Because it was so close to LaGuardia, airplanes on their final landing approach would actually be BELOW you...