Posted on 05/17/2005 6:06:08 AM PDT by kjam22
PARIS, France (AP) -- A Norwegian man was killed after jumping from the Eiffel Tower when a parachute he was wearing got stuck on an upper deck of the monument, officials said Tuesday.
Preliminary investigations indicated that the man planned to film his jump as part of publicity for a Norwegian clothing brand, police said.
The man, 31, entered the tower on Monday evening with a hidden parachute and a helmet that had a small video camera attached to it, said the official at Paris' police headquarters.
Upon reaching the Eiffel Tower's 115-meter-high (380-foot-high) second deck, the man jumped. Investigators believe his parachute got caught in the tower's structure, causing it to detach from his body.
He continued his fall without the parachute, crashing onto the 55-meter-high (182-foot-high) first deck of the famous Paris landmark, according to police and an official for SNTE, the company that manages the Eiffel Tower.
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Darwin for sure.... He's an accomplished Darwinee.... And in France to boot.
Too bad France wasn't this inhospitable to foreign parachutist in the 1940's.
Clothing Brand??
Ouch, ouch, owie!
Bet the film is gonna end up on the internet.
LOL.... I hadn't thought of that. It probably will.
The Acme Corporation declined to comment.
Beep beep??
Didja hear about the optimist that committed suicide?
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Every floor down he was heard to say, "so far, so good."
That would be some video especially if it had sound.
"OH MERDE!"
Rotten.com will get it and some stupid troll will post frame captures to FR to try to get someone's goat.
That's been the MO here lately.
OK....What was the last thing that went through his mind?
Gravity wins again.
LOL... I would have thought the chute getting hung up would have just left him dangling. Guess he didn't learn how to tie a good knot when he was young.....
How to avoid parachute pants and other modern plagues.
Oh lort!
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