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Daredevil Jeb Corliss Banned From ESB For Life!
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Jen Carlson
Published Jun 16, 2010
Modified Jun 16, 2010
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It's been over four years since daredevil Jeb Corliss attempted to parachute off the Empire State Building. Last year he was sentenced to three years of probation and 100 hours of community service, and yesterday a ruling was made public that has banned him from the landmark for life!
According to the Daily News, Supreme Court Justice Jane Solomon and ESB's management both agreed Corliss fully intended on jumping from the building that day when he showed up in "a phony Fu Manchu mustache, a fat suit and a mask" to buy his ticket to the observation deck. The Post reports that Corliss said, "the same city in a different time, it would have have been a totally different story"—and made mention of George Willig, who in 1977 climbed the WTC's south tower. Willig was fined $1.10 for each floor he scaled by mayor Abe Beame, who posed for photos with him at a press conference later. (And who didn't love Philippe Petit in Man On Wire?)
This means Corliss will never be able to fulfill a lifelong dream of parachuting from the building—in fact, his attorney says he has no plans to jump from any New York landmarks without securing a permit first, however, he is "going to jump out of a plane and land without a parachute while wearing a squirrel suit." Location TBD? In the meantime, the judge is also allowing the ESB to continue their civil suit against Corliss, so his nightmare isn't over just yet...
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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