City Room: Would-Be Jumper Sues Empire State Building
The professional parachute jumper who tried to leap off the city’s tallest building in 2006 released a video that shows him struggling with security guards and police officers on the observation deck.
The jumper, Mr. Corliss, sued (actually a counterclaim) the building’s owner for damages from injuries resulting from being shackled to the building when he was captured before jumping:
. . .Mr. Corliss said the stress of being shackled to the building had given him “adrenal fatigue,” which he described as “very similar to battle fatigue syndrome.”
The affliction, he said, had made him sleep 12 hours a day and depressed the reflexes that he needed to jump from high places. He said he was feeling better.. . .
The article reports further
Aside from the litigation, Mr. Corliss, whose 2006 stunt cost him his job as a TV host on “Stunt Junkies,” a show on the Discovery Channel, has set himself a new goal: Having developed a suit in which he resembles a giant flying squirrel, Mr. Corliss plans to hurl himself from an aircraft and glide to a stop below.
OK. There is a dopamine receptor 4 – 7 repeat allele going on here, imo. That is a genetic allele associated with novelty seeking, or risk taking behavior.
Perhaps Mr. Corliss would consent to having his genes screened.
OK. This story has legs. I put up this guys totally amazing, I mean stomach-dropping video on Psychoanalyst TV.
[...] See the press and a link to a dopamine paper over at Neurological Correlates. [...]
The word “nutcase” comes to mind. Not quite a DSM diagnosis but it describes him well enough. Sure was handy of someone to videotape the arrest. Almost like it was planned or something (rolls eyes).
So what are you saying? This gentleman, mild and meek as he is, would be . . .dramatic?
Lol.
These extreme sports videos are wild. There’s another video of a bike messenger who had a helmet cam in NYC, and I’m trying to find that one to post, too.