Port Authority releases photo of One WTC workers at dizzying heights

[jimnyc]

Much respect to these guys. Not only for bringing our building back to us - but for being up that high on the outside of a building! LOL Not enough money in the world to get me to do this. Even worse are those crazy bastards who wash windows on skyscrapers!!

[BillyBob]

I couldn't do that. Been in the trades all my life but no f*cking way could I do that.

[jafar00]

It's not like they aren't tethered to the building. It wouldn't be so bad as long as you didn't fear heights.

[BillyBob]

It's not like they aren't tethered to the building. It wouldn't be so bad as long as you didn't fear heights.

Tether or not, no way I'm going up there.

[WiccanLiberal]

I am amazed at the progress of the tower. I can see the building from one or two points at work. I have been watching it slowly get taller and more impressive. Those guys are doing one of those jobs that not too many would sign up for.

[jimnyc]

It's not like they aren't tethered to the building. It wouldn't be so bad as long as you didn't fear heights.

I do fear heights! You could use 100 tethers at once and still no way in hell I go out there! Back in about 1990 or so, I was on the 104th floor of one of the WTC buildings, forget which on right now. I stood up on the AC unit by the walk and placed my hands outstretched on the glass. That was scary enough. I lasted for about 3 seconds and backed off. You could slowly feel the building swaying. Imagine the swaying from being outside with the winds up there!

But yeah, to put it in comparison, I climbed out my upstairs bathroom window to get to my satellite dish once. I made it to within about a foot of the dish before I quickly retreated, and that portion of the house is probably about 20-25' if I had to guess!

[jafar00]

I do fear heights! You could use 100 tethers at once and still no way in hell I go out there! Back in about 1990 or so, I was on the 104th floor of one of the WTC buildings, forget which on right now. I stood up on the AC unit by the walk and placed my hands outstretched on the glass. That was scary enough. I lasted for about 3 seconds and backed off. You could slowly feel the building swaying. Imagine the swaying from being outside with the winds up there!

But yeah, to put it in comparison, I climbed out my upstairs bathroom window to get to my satellite dish once. I made it to within about a foot of the dish before I quickly retreated, and that portion of the house is probably about 20-25' if I had to guess!

Sure, it wouldn't be a cakewalk. No hi rise construction project is easy. Those guys are amazing for what they do and they have my full respect. But I'm sure you wouldn't be so scared if you had so much experience in the job that being at height is second nature.

[WiccanLiberal]

The guys at the Freedom Tower have a lot more safety measures in place. I really admire the old school iron workers. At the ESB there were only 5 fatalities during construction and only 2 of those from falls.

[jafar00]

The guys at the Freedom Tower have a lot more safety measures in place. I really admire the old school iron workers. At the ESB there were only 5 fatalities during construction and only 2 of those from falls.

Regulation stops that from happening.

That kind of construction still happens in Egypt. I've seen them hanging off a building 10 stories up hammering away only staying there because they are hanging on to a rickety wooden scaffold with the other arm.

[BillyBob]

Regulation stops that from happening.

That kind of construction still happens in Egypt. I've seen them hanging off a building 10 stories up hammering away only staying there because they are hanging on to a rickety wooden scaffold with the other arm.

Nobody ever said muslims were smart.

[jafar00]

Nobody ever said muslims were smart.

If it wasn't for Muslims advancing scientific knowledge, you wouldn't have things like cameras, hospitals or modern surgery, antiseptics, anaesthesia, vaccination, soap and regular bathing, advances in Astronomy (some stars even have arabic names like Deneb, Algol, Betelgeuse, Rigel, Aldebran ....), Algebra, Coffee, Chess, Irrigation, valves and pistons in engines, Windmills, numbers, cryptology, cheques, compasses, braille, in 852 a Muslim made a hang glider that flew for several minutes before he crashed and hurt himself, modern chemistry, the Earth being round........

[Voted4Reagan]

If it wasn't for Muslims advancing scientific knowledge, you wouldn't have things like cameras, hospitals or modern surgery, antiseptics, anaesthesia, vaccination, soap and regular bathing, advances in Astronomy (some stars even have arabic names like Deneb, Algol, Betelgeuse, Rigel, Aldebran ....), Algebra, Coffee, Chess, Irrigation, valves and pistons in engines, Windmills, numbers, cryptology, cheques, compasses, braille, in 852 a Muslim made a hang glider that flew for several minutes before he crashed and hurt himself, modern chemistry, the Earth being round........

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no person denies the contributions that Muslim people made to science more then 1000 years ago.

The problem being that the actions of todays radical elements overshadow those contributions Jafar.

Muslims made contributions in chemistry, mathematics, astronomy and botany.

Those contributions will be forever diminished unless the muslim world cleans up it's act in how they are perceived by the world at large.

[Gaffer]

If it wasn't for Muslims advancing scientific knowledge, you wouldn't have things like cameras, hospitals or modern surgery, antiseptics, anaesthesia, vaccination, soap and regular bathing, advances in Astronomy (some stars even have arabic names like Deneb, Algol, Betelgeuse, Rigel, Aldebran ....), Algebra, Coffee, Chess, Irrigation, valves and pistons in engines, Windmills, numbers, cryptology, cheques, compasses, braille, in 852 a Muslim made a hang glider that flew for several minutes before he crashed and hurt himself, modern chemistry, the Earth being round........

Muslim contributions to science ended 1000 years ago. They have added nothing to science and technology since. They use what is produced, but produce nothing. Those that want to learn and advance themselves must do it in a western culture.

[BillyBob]

If it wasn't for Muslims advancing scientific knowledge, you wouldn't have things like cameras, hospitals or modern surgery, antiseptics, anaesthesia, vaccination, soap and regular bathing, advances in Astronomy (some stars even have arabic names like Deneb, Algol, Betelgeuse, Rigel, Aldebran ....), Algebra, Coffee, Chess, Irrigation, valves and pistons in engines, Windmills, numbers, cryptology, cheques, compasses, braille, in 852 a Muslim made a hang glider that flew for several minutes before he crashed and hurt himself, modern chemistry, the Earth being round........

You are out of your mind. Do you muzzies actually believe your own propaganda?

Example: The fact that Earth is round was known millennia before the invention of islam. Greek mathematician Erastosthenes even measured the Earth's circumference in the 3rd century BC.



Eratosthenes is also known for his achievement in astronomy. Several astronomers and mathematicians before and after Eratosthenes tried to accurately measure the circumference of the Earth, but is was Eratosthenes that came through. He found the circumference of the Earth to be nearly 250,000 stadia (25,000 miles). Eratosthenes observed that the sun shone directly down a well at high noon on the day of the summer solstice in Syene and that it cast a shadow in Alexandria, directly south of where the well was. To calculate the circumference of the Earth, Eratosthenes measured the angle of the shadow to the Earth.

[BillyBob]

Muslim contributions to science ended 1000 years ago. They have added nothing to science and technology since. They use what is produced, but produce nothing. Those that want to learn and advance themselves must do it in a western culture.

Modern Muslim. LOL!