Images that make you shiver! A man was seen jumping from one awning to another on the roof of a 20-story skyscraper in New York on Monday, reports FOX 5 New York.
The scene was shot by Erik Ljung, who worked in the building opposite. “We were in a conference room and the photographer asked me if we could shoot in the room. So I’m at the window to check the light (…) and as soon as I looked out, I saw this man jumping from one curtain to another, “he said.
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“I don’t do anything dangerous”
The photographer then posted the video on his Instagram account. We see a man in a suit and tie who appears to be making a phone call. Then, after hanging up, he rushed over to a window where he swallowed. All this at several tens of meters from the ground, in the rain and without any protection.
This man, Joseph Smizaski, is the operations manager for the financial district building at 90 West St. He told the New York post going to the roof to check that a skylight leak had been repaired: “I was just doing my job. “A stunt he obviously is used to doing. “I don’t do anything dangerous and I don’t let my men do anything dangerous,” he said, surprised that the video of his exploits went viral.