Lunch atop a skyscraper.

[samale]

Is this picture real. I seen some debate on it. I would be physically sick if I was up that high. Holding on like a cat crying my eye's out

 

[samale]

I mean is it a trick of the eye. You see ones online hanging of a rock that looks hundreds of feet of the ground. Reality is they could let go and land 4 feet down.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I mean is it a trick of the eye. You see ones online hanging of a rock that looks hundreds of feet of the ground. Reality is they could let go and land 4 feet down.

We discussed this at length a few months ago but having searched i cannot find the thread.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

This doesn't prove the picture is fake or not but its worth watching.

 

[foxy]

The picture is a fake, but those men did take risks and some did pay with their lives.

 

[MmmBeer]

I think it's probably true to say that it was staged rather than faked. Published statistics state that five workers died during the construction of the Empire State Building. Contrast that against the 6,500 and counting that have died building the world cup venues in Qatar, some ninety years later. What does that tell you about attitudes to Health and Safety on the two projects.

 

[Worf]

I don't think it's as much 'Health & Safety' attitudes as it is the lack of common sense of individuals who live taking/making higher risks for either bravado or laziness. Not to mention the "I'm to good to have an accident" attitudes of many people.

 

[MmmBeer]

One group of workers were experts, who worked 'high steel' all over the country / world, the other were largely common labourers.