Just How Safe Is BASE Jumping From the World Trade Center?

The three men who parachuted off the top of 1 World Trade Center say no one tried to stop them, which means just about anyone can stroll to the roof of tallest building in the U.S. in the middle of the night and jump off — without much risk of getting caught.

James Brady, Andrew Rossig and Marko Markovich turned themselves in to police on Monday, roughly six months after the trio jumped from the roof of 1 World Trade Center, also known as the Freedom Tower, while another man, Kyle Hartwell, acted as a spotter on the ground. Their lawyers told Mashable that the men climb through a tarp-covered hole in the building's fence. They then walked through the open entrance to the building, which is still a construction site. Read more...