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Cracks appear in Willis Tower's Skydeck: Tower spokesman says there is no danger
Yahoo News ^
| By Mike Krumboltz,
Posted on 05/29/2014 5:13:45 PM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: skyscraper; willis
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posted on
05/29/2014 5:13:45 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Oh, well, no problem, then.
To: Larry Lucido
Oh, well, no problem, then. What kind of a crack is that?
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posted on
05/29/2014 5:15:46 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
To: BenLurkin
Evidently it was a coating on the glass that cracked and not the glass.
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posted on
05/29/2014 5:18:05 PM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
To: BenLurkin
Built to hold five tons, eh? Just how large were these tourists? Moochelle gonna be talkin to them folks!
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posted on
05/29/2014 5:18:31 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: BenLurkin
This is a job for Super O he should go with his wife and check out just to make sure it is safe.
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posted on
05/29/2014 5:18:36 PM PDT
by
funfan
To: BenLurkin; Vendome; Shimmer1
Anyone who has seen my bungee jumping picture knows how I would have reacted...
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posted on
05/29/2014 5:22:04 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Disarm Hollywood! No Guns for Box Office!)
To: BenLurkin
"Occasionally this happens, but thats because we designed it this way," he said. "Whatever happened last night is a result of the protective coating doing what its designed to."
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posted on
05/29/2014 5:22:14 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: BenLurkin
If I was there they would buying me some new pants.
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posted on
05/29/2014 5:23:46 PM PDT
by
AU72
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posted on
05/29/2014 5:25:37 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: AU72
Damn I almost went on that on the 17 but ran out of time. Now I can’t see threw the glass.
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posted on
05/29/2014 5:26:22 PM PDT
by
jimpick
To: BenLurkin
When “Windows on the World” atop the World Trade Center, first opened, the views were of course spectacular, but people were afraid. The walls were 20’ high, and all glass..and most people were afraid to get too close to them. During serive, while people were waiting to be seated, The maitr’ d would have several bus boys taking turns running full speed into the walls, and bouncing off them..to show people it was safe..
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posted on
05/29/2014 5:26:34 PM PDT
by
ken5050
("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
To: AU72
Would you have shipped your pants?
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posted on
05/29/2014 5:26:34 PM PDT
by
Repeat Offender
(Why are cops ROE more lenient against us, here in the US, than U.S. military's ROE's in a war zone?)
To: BenLurkin
Kewel.
Wish I had been there.
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posted on
05/29/2014 5:27:52 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: funfan
And he should take Chris Christie with him to test the glass.
To: ken5050
Wow!! Hell of a way to earn busboy wages!! {^)
Great story about Windows on the World!
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posted on
05/29/2014 5:59:54 PM PDT
by
Finny
(Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
To: BenLurkin
"[The top layer of the Ledge] is designed to crackThe most insane thing I've heard all week.
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posted on
05/29/2014 6:22:10 PM PDT
by
bgill
To: bgill
It makes a lot of sense to have a protective cosmetic layer.
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posted on
05/29/2014 6:46:12 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: kiryandil
Personally, I think they were ON crack! :-)
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
05/29/2014 7:02:40 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
(turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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