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| Base jumper's audacious leap from top of the Shard stuns onlookers | Base jumper's audacious leap from top of the Shard stuns onlookers |
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| A Base jumper is believed to have parachuted from the top of the Shard, London’s tallest building, on Saturday morning. | A Base jumper is believed to have parachuted from the top of the Shard, London’s tallest building, on Saturday morning. |
| Witnesses said they saw the man, whose identity remains a mystery, leap from the skyscraper before opening a green parachute. | Witnesses said they saw the man, whose identity remains a mystery, leap from the skyscraper before opening a green parachute. |
| Henry Woolway, an art director shooting a Netflix series in a nearby car park, told the Daily Mail: “I saw him jump before the parachute opened. I didn’t see him jump from the Shard, but he was definitely higher than all the surrounding buildings.” | |
| Brian Travers, 30, told Buzzfeed he saw the man “leap off the top” of the Shard before “hovering about a bit” and landing safely. When the jumper reached the ground in Borough market, a woman took his parachute and he “legged it” into nearby London Bridge tube station, with police arriving minutes later. | |
| A Metropolitan police spokesman confirmed that officers were called to the area at 10.18am but that no arrests had been made. A spokesperson later confirmed that no further action will be taken. | |
| At 309.6m high, the landmark tower is one of the tallest buildings in the EU but has no external viewing platform, which raises questions as to how the Base jumper was able to leap from the top. | At 309.6m high, the landmark tower is one of the tallest buildings in the EU but has no external viewing platform, which raises questions as to how the Base jumper was able to leap from the top. |
| Someone may have just parachuted from the Shard on to St Thomas Street SE1 | Someone may have just parachuted from the Shard on to St Thomas Street SE1 |
| Just seen some loon base-jump from the top of The Shard! 😳 #shartyourself #shard | Just seen some loon base-jump from the top of The Shard! 😳 #shartyourself #shard |
| Just saw this guy #basejump from #london #shard #boroughmarket. Absolutely mental!! pic.twitter.com/n45tExCiyx | Just saw this guy #basejump from #london #shard #boroughmarket. Absolutely mental!! pic.twitter.com/n45tExCiyx |
| The Shard has been approached for comment. | The Shard has been approached for comment. |
| Related: Base jumping is absurdly dangerous – so why do it? | |
| It is not the first time such a daredevil jump has been achieved, although it is thought to be the first since the building opened. | |
| In 2012, while the tower was still under construction, Essex roofer Dan Witchalls jumped from various heights of the building four times. Witchalls is a serial Base jumper, having leapt off the London Eye, Nelson’s Column, Wembley Stadium and the O2 Arena. | |
| In 2013, six Greenpeace protesters scaled the building without ropes to raise awareness of Shell drilling for oil in the Antarctic. |