Vistiors to chicagos tallest building got a rude surprise this week when the glass making up a clear ledge on the 103rd floor appeared to crack. Willis tower skydeck glass cracks, scares living crap out. Visitors to the willis towers skydeck got an extra scare when the attractions protective layer covering the glass splintered into thousands of pieces. Glass skydeck on 103rd floor of chicagos willis tower cracks under terrified visitors feet for the second time in just five years. Just hours after a protective glass layer of the 103rd floor willis tower skydeck in chicago cracked, the tourist attraction is open for business again, media outlets reported. Protective layer on willis tower skydeck cracks under visitors feet. Glass cracks below tourists in chicagos willis tower. The willis tower is the second tallest building in the united states, and its skydeck observatory, on the 103rd floor, lets visitors step out over the city while supported only by a few layers of. Protective layer of willis tower skydeck ledge cracks under. Willis towers glass floor cracks under tourists feet.
Explore chicago like never before with skydeck chicago. Skydeck chicago at willis tower willis tower glass ledge. A video shot on the 103rd floor shows horrified visitors looking at the crack from the safety of the building. Tourists get a scare at willis tower as glass coating cracks. Chicago video posted to social media showed cracks on the glass floor of the ledge attraction at willis tower formerly known as the sears tower on monday.
In fact, it was the protective coating on the glass as opposed to the glass itself that cracked, a willis tower spokesman confirmed to the guardian. Willis tower skydeck ledge cracks, glass structure still. Part of willis towers ledge cracks under visitors feet. Coating on willis tower skydecks ledge cracks under tourists.
Protective layer of willis tower skydeck cracks under visitors feet. Chicago cbs there was another skyhigh scare at the willis tower, when the skydeck cracked under visitors feet. The protective coating cracked at willis tower in chicago on monday. The glass floor on the skydeck at chicagos willis tower cracked under peoples feet. Glass in chicago sightseeing tower cracks under tourists feet the.
Glass in chicago sightseeing tower cracks under tourists. The 1,451fttall willis tower is the tallest building in chicago and the second tallest in the whole of the us. The willis tower is the second tallest building in the united states, and its skydeck observatory, on the 103rd floor, lets visitors step out over the. Visitors to the willis towers skydeck in chicago get an extra scare when the attractions protective layer covering the glass splintered into thousands of pieces under their feet. Protective layer of willis tower skydeck ledge cracks.
Footage shows glass skydeck on 103rd floor start to crack under tourists feet. Glass skydeck on 103rd floor of chicago tower cracks under. Visitors to the willis towers skydeck got an extra scare when the attractions protective layer covering the glass splintered into thousands of. The willis towers glass skydeck cracks under peoples feet again. Coating crack temporally closes skydeck at chicagos willis tower. Glass skydeck at chicagos willis tower formerly sears. Willis towers observation deck glass cracks, scares living crap out of everyone. Protective layer on the ledge at chicagos willis tower.
One of the ledges at skydeck chicago, the 103rd floor tourist attraction atop the willis tower, appeared cracked monday evening, promting the building to replace the ledges protective coating. Offering spectacular views spanning up to four states, a onestop chicago experience full of interactive exhibits and the willis tower glass ledge. Tourists at chicagos willis tower were left terrified monday evening, when glass coating cracked beneath visitors feet on the 103rd floor of the. Coating crack temporally closes skydeck at chicagos. The allglass area of the willis tower, in which sightseers can view the city of chicago from a high point, is called the skydeck. There was another skyhigh scare at the willis tower, when the skydeck cracked under visitors. Footage shows glass skydeck on 103rd floor start to crack. Protective coating on willis tower ledge cracks under.
Protective layer of willis tower skydeck cracks under. Some visitors had a scare when the protective layer of the skydeck at the willis tower cracked monday, splintering into thousands of pieces, cbs chicago reported. Visitors to the willis towers skydeck in chicago get an extra scare when the attractions protective layer covering the glass splintered into. The ledges were constructed out of lowiron, clear glass, tempered for durability and the. The protective layer covers the glass bottom below. Willis tower skydeck ledge in chicago cracks under. Tourists standing 103 stories above chicago get a scare when the protective coating over the glass sightseeing ledge shatters. Scary moments at a popular tourist attraction in chicago. Cracks appear on floor of glass viewing platform in. The skydeck at willis tower, which lets tourists stand on a glass ledge more than 1,500 feet above chicago, cracked under the weight of visitors late last night.
Visitors to the willis tower s skydeck in chicago get an extra scare when the attractions protective layer covering the glass splintered into thousands of pieces under their feet. Willis tower skydeck glass cracks in chicago on 103rd. Visitors to chicagos willis tower, the citys tallest building, captured video that appears to show cracks in the glass floor of its skydeck ledge 103 floors above ground a willis tower. There was another skyhigh scare at the willis tower, when the skydeck cracked under visitors feet. Willis tower skydeck ledge in chicago cracks under visitors feet. Coating on skydeck ledge appears cracked in new video. Visitors at skydeck, an attraction allowing tourists to stand on a glass. The willis tower skydecks the ledge cracked but its supposed to, according to a spokesperson, who said only the protective coating of the glass box that protrudes from the 104th floor of.
Cracks in willis towers glass skydeck fixed with carpet. The windy city, a few hapless tourists got an injection of nightmare fuel. A family visiting the willis towers iconic skydeck ledge suffered the scare of their lives on wednesday when the glass ledge they were standing on 1,353feet above the chicago sidewalk cracked. Willis tower skydeck ledge protective coating cracked. On monday night, the protective layer covering the glass floor in the skydeck at willis tower in chicago cracked. The willis tower how safe is the willis tower ledge. Pictures of cracked glass floor chicago willis tower business insider. Glass coating on the skydeck of chicagos willis tower cracked.
The skydeck first opened in 1974, according to its site, and its viewing ledges were installed later. A family visiting the willis towers iconic skydeck ledge suffered the scare of their lives on wednesday when the glass ledge they were standing on. A glass ledge on the 103rd floor of the tallest skyscraper in chicago cracked under visitors feet on monday night. The cracks formed after a group of visitors to the skydeck at the willis tower stepped out on the ledge, but willis tower officials said the glass itself did not crack, only the protective coating. Participants stand on the new glass balconies suspended 1,353 feet in the air and jut out 4 feet from the willis towers 103rd floor skydeck on july 1, 2009 in chicago. V isitors to the 103floor glass skydeck attraction at chicagos willis towerformerly known as the sears towerwere in for a scare when cracks appeared in the glass. The willis towers glass skydeck cracks under peoples.
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