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Dwain Weston (31 January 1973 – 5 October 2003) was an Australian skydiver, BASE jumper, wingsuiter and software developer. On 5 October 2003, at the end of the inaugural Go Fast Games, Weston died while attempting to fly over the Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City, Colorado, United States.
In October 2003, Corliss was teamed to jump with his best friend, Australian BASE jumper Dwain Weston, at the inaugural Go Fast Games. Corliss was to fly under the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado, while Weston was meant to pass over it. Instead, Weston impacted the bridge at an estimated speed of 120 mph (190 km/h) which caused his death.
Destroyed in Seconds is an American television series that premiered on Discovery Channel on August 21, 2008. [2]Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly (hence, "in seconds") such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, factories, etc.
A base jumper attempted to jump off a local news station's TV tower in St. Louis, Missouri, but got a little tangled up in the process. The man ended up hanging at least 125 feet in the air off ...
The standoff lasted just over an hour, with the man being taken into custody at 4:22PM. After the man pulled himself back up from the death-defying dangle, ESU officers were able to make contact ...
The man fell into a slope “more than 1,000 feet above the valley floor,” deputies said. BASE jumper plunges to his death in ‘rugged and hazardous’ valley, Utah officials say Skip to main ...
Lake Pontiac, Michigan (July 29, 1994) - two guys taping a fishing show catch a plane crashing into the water; Park City, Utah (December 10, 2004) - a skier is stuck on a ski lift, being choked by his helmet and backpack; San Francisco, California (September 8, 1984) - two base jumpers slam into the Golden Gate Bridge
A passing motorist notified New Hampshire State Police at 10:05 a.m. Wednesday they had witnessed a person climb over the bridge's metal railing and jump into the water.