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Seattle police are searching for two men who parachuted from the Space Needle (apnews.com)
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The Seattle Police Department is searching for two men who climbed over the glass wall of the city’s iconic Space Needle on Friday, flipped over the edge and parachuted down from the 605-foot structure.

The jumpers face trespassing charges, according to a report provided by Public Affairs Officer Brian Pritchard.

The BASE jumpers purchased tickets and entered the Space Needle at about 8:50 p.m. Friday, according to the Seattle Police Department. The popular attraction has a round observation deck surrounded by high glass windows that are open to the sky above.

They were seen on camera at the top level of the Needle then went into a restroom, coming out with helmets on, according to police.

They ran to the glass window, climbed over to the other side, and jumped off, according to police.

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[-] lyrial@anarchist.nexus 5 points 2 weeks ago

Aren't parachutes a pretty conspicuous piece of equipment? I would have thought that staff would know to look for them. I might be ignorant here though.

[-] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

There’s not that much security there so even if staff noticed depending on how things went there wouldn’t have been much time to seriously react to the “threat” but also, who cares? They didn’t hurt anyone

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