Franz Reichelt’s Death Jump off the Eiffel Tower

Franz Reichelt’s Death Jump off the Eiffel Tower (1912)

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Paris, France. Franz Reichelt wearing the parachute that he designed and invented before ascending the Eiffel Tower. Reichelt stands on a platform high up on the tower, preparing to jump. He hovers on the brink for some time and then eventually jumps, falling straight down to his death. Police and onlookers crowd around the body of Reichelt as it is carried away, then they measure the depth of the hole made by his fall.

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Franz Reichelt Franz Reichelt Himself

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