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08th May 2014

Video: This 94th floor tourist attraction in Chicago will scare the sh*te out of you

1,030 feet above Chicago you get to tilt your way out of the John Hancock building. Not enough money in the world would get JOE to use this thing.

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1,030 feet above Chicago you get to tilt your way out of the John Hancock building. Not enough money in the world would get JOE to use this thing.

On Monday we crapped our pants when we saw a new glass walkway that juts way out over the edge of a cliff in a Canadian National Park.

Now, after just picking up our clothes from the dry cleaners, we have to go back again after seeing this terrifying video.

The John Hancock building is one of the tallest in America (the seventh highest in fact) topping out at 100 floors and 1,127 feet (344 m).

This week they opened a new attraction on the 94th floor, 1,030 feet above the streets of Chicago.

Called Tilt, it is a special wall that yes, tilts you out over the city to an angle of 30 degrees. We’re sure it is 100 per cent safe, made as it is using three hydraulic lifts and three laminated layers of structurally tempered glass but there is absolutely zero chance we are ever doing this.

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