Glass skydeck on 103rd floor of chicago s willis tower cracks under terrified visitors feet for the second time in just five years. Protective layer on willis tower skydeck cracks under visitors feet. Chicago skydeck on 103rd floor begins to crack under. Cracks appear on floor of glass viewing platform in. 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. The glassbottomed sky ledge on the 103rd floor of chicagos willis tower cracked on monday night after a woman and her two children stepped out onto it pictures. Protective glass of willis towers 103rd observation deck. The willis towers 103rd floor glass skydeck cracked last. One of the ledges at skydeck chicago, the 103rd floor tourist attraction atop the willis tower, appeared cracked monday evening, prompting the. Footage taken by frightened tourists shows the shattered transparent floor of a viewing platform at chicagos famous 110storey willis tower. I had my palms on the floor and i could feel it cracking.
Tourists at chicagos willis tower were left terrified monday evening, when glass coating cracked beneath visitors feet on the 103rd floor of the. A california family visiting chicagos willis tower was terrified when they noticed cracks in the towers glass floor. 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. And now, to terrifying moments at one of the worlds tallest buildings, when a family visiting chicagos willis tower felt the glass cracking beneath their feet on the 103rd floor.
Scary moments at a popular tourist attraction in chicago. Travelers standing on an overlook on the side of chicagos tallest building were horrified when the protective coating of a glass floor shattered according to, the skydeck ledge located on the side of willis tower has a glass floor that allows visitors to look down about 1,300 feet to the city streets below. Glass cracks below tourists in chicagos willis tower. The skydeck is offering spectacular views spanning up to four states, a onestop chicago experience full of interactive exhibits andthe ledge, a glass balcony extending four feet outside the 103rd floor of willis tower. Glass coating on the skydeck of chicago s willis tower cracked. A protective coating on a glass sightseeing box that extends from the 103rd floor of the willis tower in chicago cracked wednesday night, but officials said no one was ever in danger. The glass on the skydeck ledge of the willis tower cracked. By brendan obrien reuters four men had a terrifying few moments when the glass floor they were standing on 103 stories above chicago in the willis tower observation deck appeared to develop cracks. Tourists get unwelcome surprise at skydeck chicago when glass floor cracks beneath their feet. A glassfloored ledge on the 103rd floor of a chicago skyscraper cracked as a family stepped on it on monday. He said the people standing on the deck at the time turned pale as they all heard the glass crack. Glass floor more than 1,000 feet in the air cracks under. One of the skydeck ledges on chicagos willis tower cracked on tuesday.
The transparent glass floor of the willis towers 103rdstory overhanging skydeck ledge attraction appeared to crack to the point of shattering last night in front of horrified tourists, a. Glass in chicago sightseeing tower cracks under tourists. 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. Visitors to chicagos willis tower skydeck got the fright of their life on tuesday when the 103rdfloor glass ledge they were standing on appeared to shatter 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. Chicagos willis tower glass ledge cracks under tourists, 411m above the ground. 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. Protective layer of willis tower skydeck ledge cracks. Footage shows glass skydeck on 103rd floor start to crack under tourists feet.
At 1,353 feet up, the ledges glass boxes extend out 4. Willis tower skydeck glass cracks in chicago on 103rd. Glass floor cracks on willis towers observation deck 412. This is a video news report from cbs chicago about the protective glass floor of the willis towers 103rd story observation deck cracking while visitors were standing. The chicago steel are champions even without playoffsthe chicago steel had their historic season in the united states hockey league cut short because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Visitors pose for photos on the ledge at skydeck chicago in willis tower on july 27, 2017. The tower is an iconic tourist destination known for the skyhigh views and glass floors 1,500 feet above the city. Glass floor of 103rdstory chicago tourist attraction. Glass platform on chicagos tallest building cracks.
Glass viewing platform on chicagos tallest building cracks under visitors feet. A glass ledge on the 103rd floor of the tallest skyscraper in chicago cracked under visitors feet on monday night. Glass skydeck at chicagos willis tower formerly sears. Glass balcony at chicagos willis tower cracks as visitors. Skydeck chicagos glass floor cracks, frightening tourists. 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. The ledge transforms how visitors experience chicago. Glassfloored ledge on 103rd floor of chicago skyscraper. Glass floor more than 1,000 feet in the air cracks under tourists at chicagos willis tower. The tower is a worldrenowned building, a chicago icon, and filled with interesting chicago facts. Skydeck chicago at willis tower willis tower glass ledge.
In 2009, the building opened its revamped allglass observation deck, known as. Pictures of cracked glass floor chicago willis tower business insider. Glassfloored ledge on 103rd floor of chicago skyscraper cracks. Floor coating replaced at chicago skyscraper attraction. Chicagos willis tower tourists horrified as glass deck. Footage shows glass skydeck on 103rd floor start to crack. Chicago ap a popular attraction at chicagos tallest building was closed temporarily after minor cracking was found in the protective coating of its glass floor.
Willis tower ledge facts and information skydeck chicago. Willis tower skydeck ledge in chicago cracks under. Tourists feared they would plummet 103 floors when glass floor started cracking at chicagos willis tower alejandro garibay says he knows now he wasnt in danger. The allglass area of the willis tower, in which sightseers can view the city. A trip to the top of the tallest building in chicago turned into an even more harrowing experience in the sky for some visitors when a protective coating on the glassfloored balcony began to. 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. On monday night, the protective layer covering the glass floor in the skydeck at willis tower in chicago cracked. Tourists standing 103 stories above chicago get a scare when the protective coating over the glass sightseeing ledge shatters. Visitors to the seethrough glass observation deck in chicagos willis tower were in for a shock when the protective layer covering the glass beneath their feet began to crack. One hundredstorey high glass floor appears to crack under.
Willis tower skydeck ledge in chicago cracks under visitors feet. Coating on willis tower skydecks ledge cracks under tourists. Glass floor shatters under panicked visitors feet at willis tower. Officials say no one is in danger, but people were scared. Tilt is housed in 360 chicago on the 94th floor of the john hancock tower and, as the name suggests, the enclosed glass and steel platform tilts. Tourists visiting the skydeck on the 103rd floor of the willis tower in chicago got quite a scare when a protective layer on the glass bottom floor cracked.
Cracks appear on floor of skyscraper viewing platform visitors to chicago s tallest building captured video appearing to show cracks in the floor of the ledge attraction at the willis tower. Coating crack temporally closes skydeck at chicagos. A popular attraction at chicagos tallest building was closed temporarily after minor cracking was found in the protective coating of its glass floor. Visitors to chicagos willis tower received a scare monday night when the buildings glass skydeck suddenly shattered beneath their feet. Cracks appear on floor of glass viewing platform in chicagos willis. The men were standing in one of the towers glass boxes that extend out about 4.
Tourists feared they would plummet 103 floors when glass. Visitors to chicagos willis tower, the citys tallest building, captured video that. The all glass building gives visitors a view 1,500 feet above the city, according to cbs 2. Glass floor shatters under panicked visitors feet at.
Cracks appear on floor of skyscraper viewing platform visitors to chicagos tallest building captured video appearing to show cracks in the floor of the ledge attraction at the willis tower. Towers 103rd floor glassbottomed viewing ledge cracks. The glass skydeck on the 103rd floor of the chicago willis tower reportedly began to crack while a family from california stood on it. There was a woman with two kids and they looked really pale and scared because the floor just cracked, pintado told wbbm. Willis towers glass floor cracks under tourists feet. Video footage recently surfaced of the glass floor cracking. Chicagos willis tower glass ledge cracks under tourists. Pictures of cracked glass floor chicago willis tower insider. Glass skydeck on 103rd floor of chicago tower cracks under. Protective layer of willis tower skydeck cracks under.
Protective layer on the ledge at chicagos willis tower. 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. The protective coating which acts like a screen protector for the ledge experienced some minor cracking, willis tower spokesperson terri cornelius told the chicago tribune in an email. Visitors to chicagos tallest building captured video that appears to show cracks in the glass floor of the ledge attraction 103 floors above the. Tourists get a scare at willis tower as glass coating cracks. Chicagos famously terrifying glass skydeck cracks again. Seethrough skydeck appears to shatter beneath tourists at. The willis tower in chicago had a crack in its glass floor, scaring tourists. Cracks on glass floor 103 stories above chicago shock four men. There was a woman with two kids and they looked really pale and scared because the floor just cracked. The glass floor of an observation deck located on the side of a tower 412 metres in the air has cracked, terrifying tourists. A trip to the top of the tallest building in chicago turned into an even more harrowing experience in the sky for some visitors when a protective. There are four ledges that allow visitors to step four feet away from the building and experience what it would be like to be suspended 1,353 feet above the ground. The protective layer covers the glass bottom below.