‘It would take 11 seconds to hit the ground’: the roughneck daredevils who built the Empire State Building
- Posted on December 1, 2025
- By The Guardian
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‘It would take 11 seconds to hit the ground’: the roughneck daredevils who built the Empire State Building
They wrestled steel beams, hung off giant hooks and tossed red hot rivets – all while ‘strolling on the thin edge of nothingness’. Now the 3,000 unsung heroes who raised the famous skyscraper are finally being celebrated
