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Video: NYC Bike Messengers in Death Defying Action
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John Del Signore
Published Apr 9, 2010
Modified Apr 9, 2010
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Speaking of bike messengers doing intense things like breaking windows of limos with their bare hands, here's more video of young messengers racing around NYC streets—and sometimes on sidewalks and highways! Intercut with the high-speed action shots (by the guy who did Empire) are short interviews with these characters, who [SPOILER!] share stories about their various accidents, such as: "I broke my ribs and bruised my spleen. It wasn't cool pissing blood for three days." Oh, and: "I was in the hospital for a couple weeks, broke my jaw in three places... destroyed the trigeminal nerve in my face. I can't feel the right side of my face for the rest of my life, but it doesn't matter. I still ride. I surf traffic!"
Messengers from NFGTV on Vimeo.
This excellent little short comes to us courtesy Stefan Springman at NFGTV (with additional action footage by Luke Stiles).
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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