frankenchrist
Active Member
My wife and I went to Chicago this past week to see the EPL Summer League matches. We did the architectural boat tour starting at 1:30pm on Thursday. Boat guide was talking about buildings, obviously, and mentioned that the London House has a really nice rooftop bar where you can get great views of the river and architecture.
We got off the boat ride around 3pm and decided to go check it out. Had a couple of drinks at the rooftop bar and then headed down to the river walk to get snacks and drinks. This was about 4pm.
A few hours, several drinks, and many appetizers later, we walked back up to street level. When we reached the street, there was clearly something wrong. You could feel a strange vibe as soon as we reached the street. People were huddled together, pointing, talking in what seemed to be excited tones.
I heard a lady scream, and looked up just in time to see a person falling about halfway down from a 20 story building.
I didn't initially process what I had just seen. But the sound, which was similar, but also dissimilar to a gunshot, I will never forget.
First picture is not mine. Was taken by someone across the street apparently. But shared to give context.
Second photo is my view from the rooftop bar just a few hours before he fell.
Third photo is to give perspective of where we were at when he fell. He fell just near where you see the ambulance in that photo.
Notice the spire that he is standing under in the first photo and where that spire is in the second photo. He fell from maybe 30ft from where we were just a few hours before.
I didn't experience the anxiety of watching him on the ledge and waiting to see him fall, like many others did. There were some very, unfortunately, traumatized people on the ground near us that had that experience. I just caught the image of him falling and then hearing the sound. Very fucking surreal.
We got off the boat ride around 3pm and decided to go check it out. Had a couple of drinks at the rooftop bar and then headed down to the river walk to get snacks and drinks. This was about 4pm.
A few hours, several drinks, and many appetizers later, we walked back up to street level. When we reached the street, there was clearly something wrong. You could feel a strange vibe as soon as we reached the street. People were huddled together, pointing, talking in what seemed to be excited tones.
I heard a lady scream, and looked up just in time to see a person falling about halfway down from a 20 story building.
I didn't initially process what I had just seen. But the sound, which was similar, but also dissimilar to a gunshot, I will never forget.
First picture is not mine. Was taken by someone across the street apparently. But shared to give context.
Second photo is my view from the rooftop bar just a few hours before he fell.
Third photo is to give perspective of where we were at when he fell. He fell just near where you see the ambulance in that photo.
Notice the spire that he is standing under in the first photo and where that spire is in the second photo. He fell from maybe 30ft from where we were just a few hours before.
I didn't experience the anxiety of watching him on the ledge and waiting to see him fall, like many others did. There were some very, unfortunately, traumatized people on the ground near us that had that experience. I just caught the image of him falling and then hearing the sound. Very fucking surreal.
