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Aftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945 (i.redd.it)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

yes but we're talking about this generation?

We're talking about this generation, right?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There are fewer of them than there could have been. Regulations are written in the blood of our citizens.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Every single modern safety regulation is because someone died, or at least was seriously injured, doing exactly what the rule tells you not to do.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Knowing a construction worker's usual sense of humor, I'd be afraid of one giving the guy sitting next to them a solid slap on the back as a joke. Especially if they had just expressed a fear of heights.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, and I don't share their sensibilities.

Just this photo makes me want to hide somewhere very close to the ground, maybe even under.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'd like to see the rest of a zoomed out perspective. There is a chance it's above a other floor. And it's really only like 13 feet up

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe, but it seems unlikely that any kind of aircraft would be flying that low through a populous area.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh oops, my comment was supposed to reply to the other picture of the works sitting on the I beam

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, that is somewhat more plausible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A 13 foot drop is still easily enough to kill you. People have died from only a 6 foot drop.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Oh sure! But the survival of a 13ft drop is wayyyyyyyyy greater than almost hitting terminal velocity and landing on concrete below.