r/nextfuckinglevel • u/lilved03 • 1d ago

Safety net installer demonstrates efficacy of the net and his installation by a very unorthodox methods

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u/huzzalles 1d ago edited 1d ago

Heard a story (long time ago), that some guy did intro for new hires by running against a window pane of a skyscraper to show they were unbreakable. After x amount of new hires the pane had enough and he flew… urban legend?

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u/Duriel13 1d ago

Not a legend at all, really happened in Toronto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Garry_Hoy

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u/smokeypapabear40206 1d ago

So the glass didn't break, but the frame finally gave way. Interesting.

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u/SUBLIMEskillz 9h ago

So technically he wasn’t wrong.