Two men rode the elevator to the top of the Space Needle and jumped off

According to Boing Boing, two men took the elevator up Seattle's Space Needle to its five hundred twenty foot observation deck, changed into BASE-jumping gear in a restroom, then climbed over the glass barrier and backflipped off. Their parachutes opened successfully, allowing both to escape before police arrived.

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