The long hesitation before the jump is one of the most agonizing things I’ve ever seen, knowing what is about to happen. 😩

@moosewhizzerdave2066

11 ай бұрын

Same. Except I didn't know the story, so while I kind of suspected....it was still a bit jolting to see; obviously and immediately hopeless.

@BigChungus-zg6zw

11 ай бұрын

Yeah that's tension that you can't produce with a script right there.

@secondchance6603

11 ай бұрын

It's almost as if he was having second thoughts but felt he had to go ahead with it and while some find it funny, if it wasn't for men like him we'd still be sitting in caves wondering, what if?

@moosewhizzerdave2066

11 ай бұрын

@@secondchance6603 I had that same sensation. The second thoughts thing was real, and difficult to watch. Some of the devices people were trying in that era were kind of laughable by today's standards, and probably then as well, but you're right - their intense human curiosity is the same intense human curiosity that takes place when there is a success. We are all of us standing upon someone else's shoulders, and that includes a whole lot of people who tried and failed.

@80iesDude45

11 ай бұрын

First, I thought he is going for a test jump into the Seine river before jumping from the tower. He better should have.

It's haunting to see how hard he was breathing before the fatal plunge. Can't belive he went for it

@Mike_Hughes

2 ай бұрын

Wasn't breathing much after arriving at the ground... The Di*khead.

@brandenburg2388

4 күн бұрын

Looking down from that height would have made a man's heart pound 150 beats per minute.....

@Mike_Hughes

4 күн бұрын

@@brandenburg2388 500!, - just before he did the face plant...

First base jump ever and it was recorded better than most failed jumps today. Camera man stayed right on target.

@SeriousSchitt

11 ай бұрын

Up until about the 1970’s ‘most’ people who had access to video equipment were professionals who’d studied videography very hard and underwent extensive training. Now, in today’s cheap ass, throw away society, well, every phone has a camera and not many know how to use them.

@Xalashaska

10 ай бұрын

@@SeriousSchittoh boohoo

@SxSxG666

10 ай бұрын

​@@SeriousSchittI'm already happy when they record horizontally ;)

@SeriousSchitt

10 ай бұрын

@@SxSxG666 Absolutely.

@thorbjornhansson4520

9 ай бұрын

@@chopitup-cm8qiSure he was 🤪

I've read Franz's story and he was definitely a man of ambition, and in some ways strong headed in his refusal to accept that his invention would likely not work. It's disturbing and inspiring to see Franz hesitate as thoughts race trough his head and then summon up enough courage take the leap. Success might have brought local fame and maybe even monetary income, failure was almost certain death! It's in these moments that human nature is either viewed as intensely brave or incredibly foolish or perhaps both. Either way, at least Franz lived his story and his story lives.

@oslopedroza6070

7 ай бұрын

E simples! Era ver um passarinho...ele tem asas...e pode voar, e nos humanos não fomos feitos com asas!!!

@KingInfernagon

6 ай бұрын

Its his hubris that caused his death in the end 😢

@mchapman1928

5 ай бұрын

The fall only took 2 seconds. He was dead instantly. Sad, but a prime example of ego overpowering logic.

@paulatiredofthisshit

5 ай бұрын

Raced through his head. Ambitious and strong-headed? Reminds me of that submersible.

@EpsilonSparda

3 ай бұрын

@@oslopedroza6070 Você é um gênio da Tasmânia.

That thing didn't even look like it would almost work.

@vitomarchino

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately at the time he probably didn't know what he needed for it to work. Aeronautical knowledge was very primitive and as unfortunate as it is, his tests helped eliminate some bad designs. Sort of like Edison's thousands of attempts at a lightbulb, people made 100s of attempts at flying machines before the Wright Brothers had success

@defense200x

3 жыл бұрын

@@vitomarchino how about having at least some safety precautions lol

@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n

3 жыл бұрын

@@vitomarchino what about using dummy, instead of being one

@guaporeturns9472

3 жыл бұрын

@@vitomarchino could have tossed a dummy with the same weight to check it out

@shiquillabell5841

2 жыл бұрын

Now I totally agree I am not a scientist but I thought the same it looked like it wasn't gonna work period

He probably realized before the jump that it wasn’t gonna work, but the pressure of all these people watching him forced him to do it. Hella sad tbh

@sy_dianne5224

2 жыл бұрын

I think he knew he was committing suicide

@iquiteverything7922

2 жыл бұрын

That’s exactly what I seen, he was thinking twice but the pressure was too much

@lanchanoinguyen2914

2 жыл бұрын

it's not worth to waste your life for that.But at least he became the first man whose death to be filmed.

@robertnovoa341

2 жыл бұрын

There should never be pressure so much as to cause you to commit suicide then that's basically making those people that were watching him bullies. I have an inkling he really thought that this was going to work I don't think he had any thought in his mind of killing himself. He did have a parachute I think his hesitation might have been not initially fallen from that chair he was standing on along with the side rail. Poor man may he continue to rest in peace🥀🕊️ But I have to say this is the very first time I see someone actually kill themselves or plummet to their death. 😣

@alinfazakas2467

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, blame others for his stupidity

The suit couldn't handle the weights of his balls

@gumbo7215

4 ай бұрын

Such an original comment.

@lorenabonin1963

3 ай бұрын

😮

@petersparrow5321

3 ай бұрын

For sure your balls must be way bigger than your brain.

@2000PiecesPuzzle

3 ай бұрын

No, it couldn’t handle the weight of the rock he had instead of a brain

@MrPjtmac

2 ай бұрын

Well said

According to Wikipedia (yes I know) he had a heart attack on the way down. He had tried throwing dummies off of a 5 story apartment building before this but the parachute never consistently worked. He made adjustments but never re-tested after changing the suit. Also apparently nobody knew he was going to jump himself until he showed up and told everyone he was going too. They had a contest to build a low altitude parachute at the time and other people were throwing dummies off of the Eiffel Tower trying to win it. Everyone tried to talk him out of it but pride got the best of him. Then they tried to talk him into wearing a safety rope so that he would be more or less bungee jumping off of it. He refused. It was also a very windy day unexpectedly to them at least so they tried to at least convince him to post pone until the next day. He refused to do that because he had already written the newspaper telling them that he had finally figured this out. Basically, he built an inconsistent suit that very unreliably worked. Then he made major alterations to said suit (more than doubled the span of the parachute among others), never bothered to test said new suit, told one of the largest cities in the world that it worked (again he never tested the new suit with even a dummy) went to the tallest structure in the world at the time, jumped off of it in front of a massive crowd with police crowd control in bad weather after everyone had told him not too, then bragged on himself in front of everyone on top of the tower, jumped and died. Progress comes at a cost I guess but pride and arrogance cost this guy his life...

@JustMe-vz3wd

11 ай бұрын

not sure if i agree with your "pride and arrogance" explanation. He was simply driven and ambitious and wouldnt want to live life without trying to realise his dream. respect.

@ScoobyandShaggy5554

4 ай бұрын

@@JustMe-vz3wdit was pride

@atin4353

4 ай бұрын

​@@ScoobyandShaggy5554definitely pride 💯

@tysontaggart7246

3 ай бұрын

​​​@@JustMe-vz3wd That is the most asinine justification for a man accientally killing himself out of pure hubris that i have ever seen. It was absoutely pride. Stubborn, stupid pride. If he wasn't prideful and actually wanted to succeed, *he would've actually tested his suit properly.* He wouldn'tve rejected using a safety rope, he would've used a dumby like everyone else instead of his own body. This man's crowning achievement and the only thing anybody remembers his for, is this video of him accidentally killing himself. There's nothing here to respect, unless you wanna pay your respects to his grave.

@roboi2241

3 ай бұрын

Maybe they could have wrestled him to the ground and had him arrested on psychiatric grounds when if previous tests on dummies had failed he had no business in playing Russian roulette with his life in which metaphorically speaking 5 barrels of the revolver are loaded. I guess that was a case of taking liberte egalite fraternite a bit too far.

He simultaneously invented the wing suit, base jumping, and the Darwin Award.

@TheBlackbelair

Жыл бұрын

@GBURGE55

Жыл бұрын

Like that!😂

@fidelcatsro6948

Жыл бұрын

only the Darwin Award of 1912 was later atributed to him..

@BobanVagene

Жыл бұрын

Lol!

@chairlesnicol672

Жыл бұрын

@@fidelcatsro6948 The Darwin Award only came into being circa 1985 ish,officially beginning 1995 on the internet, I believe,but nothing like that in 1912 sir!

Although this happened long ago, it still happened and took this man's life. I kniw this was an old film, but I silently still wished he would step back and not jump. May he rest in peace.

@willoughby1888

11 ай бұрын

I love the spirit you have and shared with us. If your kind words for someone who died tragically and is 'long gone' have even effect, even on one single person, then maybe they'll somehow be able to share more 'heart' with ten others, and then them ten others each themselves.

@lil_old_man202

11 ай бұрын

look at it this way, everyone in that film is now dead. but at least ol' franz went out with a bang.

@paulcrisp9861

11 ай бұрын

​@@lil_old_man202even a parachute wouldn't have saved him, poor soul. 🙄🙄😭 Aug twenty three

@cristianhcm1914

11 ай бұрын

Well said

@willoughby1888

11 ай бұрын

He even "left his mark" in the world. And on it too! His mark in life was a good 9" maybe.@@lil_old_man202

Jokes aside, one moment of respect for this innovative and brave guy who dared to test his own invention.

@saucevc8353

10 ай бұрын

No respect. He had already tested it with dummies and the results were clear: the wing suit didn’t work. But instead of trying to improve it before moving onto human testing, he made the dumbest decision ever.

@bort-

10 ай бұрын

Let's not glorify suicide

@Bootmahoy88

10 ай бұрын

@@bort- We're not glorifying suicide, we're indicating stupidity.

@ilovebeinagirl

10 ай бұрын

Um, no.

@thorbjornhansson4520

9 ай бұрын

@devil95003May be he should have invented that in the first place

I am gonna explain the whole story oversimplified. Franz Reichtelt was a tailor and inventor. What I have learned and understand is that this man was in an era where everyone wanted to fly. What Franz had created seemed to resemble an early wing suit that you see when you jump off a plane in a call of duty match. So unlike what people said in the newspapers and other media, he wasn’t necessarily a f##king idiot and was on to something. Early tests with dummies actually kind of worked because they weighed like 100 pounds and glided down. However because of a bet from some guy he had to make a more compact design. The entire design was to make sure that when shitty planes would break down a man could jump out and glide safely with “wings”. However due to the terrible materials and it literally not working he got frustrated. Something snapped and realized that throwing plastic dummies out of a window was a problem when they weren’t working and breaking on impact. Duh he should throw himself instead, so he did it at one point and survived after falling from like 30 feet. Not because his invention worked, but because he landed on straw. He tried again a second time and broke his leg. Then he realized “wait a minute, I’m not falling from high enough place” and decided to jump from the Eiffel Tower. However the French government denies him, for a whole year he tries to convince the government to let him until finally they let out a big sign and say “fine you can off ur self”He gathered friends and other people to film him, people gathered to see the event, police held people back. The police thought he was just gonna throw dummies but instead was gonna throw himself. While after his death the police claimed they would have stopped him if he was gonna say that he was gonna jump off and not a dummy. He actually states to everyone that he will in fact, jump off. When he is going up the tower a security guard stops him because this is obviously stupid, but eventually lets him go. When he is at the top he does a wind test and yeets paper to see if the wind is blowing which it in fact is. Then he finally after a minute of having his life flash in front of his life, jumps 187 feet off the tower. Many things happen that aren’t immediately shown on film. First off, the wind, bad wind helped kill him. Second, the suit itself, the suit did not deploy properly and instead folded him like a blanket of death. Third, a subject not brought up often is the temperature. It was in February and therefore still winter, this made the soil harder than concrete. If it was in a different season he could have maybe just maybe survived. This can be proven because in the year 1964, a woman fell off the tower at a similar height and landed on a car. She survived. When Franz landed he fell so hard it created a crater in the ground. Even with all of this being all said and done it’s possible he suffered a heart attack while falling, however it happened so quick that the heart attack didn’t have time to kill him. The saddest part is that it was all in vain, a dude LITERALLY a year earlier invented the parachute that worked. I know the writing is a little bit messy but the point is that this story was f##ked up and really depressing and disturbing. This man tried creating something that was already a failure and went to extremes. However even though he was treated as a madman he wasn’t entirely wrong. The wing suit is a concept that literally exists and works, it’s just he didn’t have the materials and knowledge on how to properly create it. He stuck to his dream to the very end. I hope this awful massive paragraph helps you understand the event more and on its backstory, Rip Franz, ur an Angel now. 😔😢 Fun Fact or sad fact The Death of Franz Reichelt was the first recorded EXISTING recorded death. What that means is that it’s the first recorded death of film that still exists. The actual first recorded death was some guy being hung in a public execution in 1897. However because 10 minutes of footage is a lot and film preservation technology wasn’t exactly the best at the time the film is lost to history. Photos from the film exist to prove it actually happened, but the film itself is lost to time. I forgot the name of the guy who was being executed, he like killed children or something, so just Google that instead.

@kristentindle3075

2 ай бұрын

❤ I couldn't stop reading your response until the very end! So very well written thank you for sharing the whole story.

@Thetruth-yr8nl

Ай бұрын

​@@kristentindle3075exactly

@n.r.a4933

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the great information…did you try to write a book or an article…your why of writing is very captivating 🙏

@colinlatham7905

Ай бұрын

Not a Fn idiot 😂.then goes on to list why he was 😮. Priceless irony

@thomasc9248

Ай бұрын

A year „earlier“ like you said or did you meant a year later? If there was an existing parachute that worked before him, why did he go for it?

Sad to see a man with such a mustache go like that

@Huh.1766

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Huh.1766

2 жыл бұрын

Yea it’s sad

@chrisrattray8958

2 жыл бұрын

But he did wear his peaky blinder!

@BG_KD

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisrattray8958 great show and a great comment

@Hans_van_der_veen

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the man is not interesting... but his mustache... Yeah, what a reaction...

I don't think I've actually seen someone die on youtube before...

@sle2470

3 жыл бұрын

Look up Tommy Cooper.

@JMartinez351

3 жыл бұрын

Or Budd Dywer

@SafeBurrito5465

3 жыл бұрын

Or jfk

@JMartinez351

3 жыл бұрын

@@SafeBurrito5465 i can't find that amymore

@SafeBurrito5465

3 жыл бұрын

@@JMartinez351 if it’s not on KZread try looking it up

This man was a tailor and his experiment was done about 100 years ago when a desire to experiment was more judicious than to approach it scientifically. Men like Franz Reichelt has paved the way to success after repeated failures. My heart goes out to his sincere effort.

The guys measuring how deep his body sank into the soil were from the Guinness book of world records. Ironically, he still holds that record today.

@MatthewTheRailfanner

2 ай бұрын

Record of what? How deep your body can sink into the ground? I'm confused lol

@cincyfanjunglecity9871

2 ай бұрын

Are you sure ? What about the people who had to jump from the twin towers in New York ?

@zeebas1014

2 ай бұрын

@@MatthewTheRailfannerThe depth of the crater/hole made by his body hitting the ground, I assume.

@bustaroqz

6 күн бұрын

who would go for this record?

You can see him hesitating.

@guilhemesouza9702

3 жыл бұрын

Sim Yes Si

@GangStalker17

3 жыл бұрын

He was fighting every ounce of instinct

@robinhood1969phonykingssuck

2 жыл бұрын

I wish people would hesitate more often before getting on an airplane!! Safety is our number one priority > step onto this rocket! lol

@rayhankazianga6817

2 жыл бұрын

@@robinhood1969phonykingssuck air travel is the safest mode of travel available today but k

@nighthawk82

2 жыл бұрын

@@rayhankazianga6817 if you look at the more important statistics about this topic air travel is only the 3rd safest after railway transport and buses. the stats the mainstream presents to you are pretty much deluding. although true in some aspects (like deaths / distance traveled) not true in the more important ones about how you actually feel about it in most cases and what you actually want to know. of course spending 30 min traveling by train is safer than 30 min traveling by an aircraft. you cannot compare having 2 flights a year to your daily traveling routine. in that case planes are very safe. obviously.

Everything in his being is telling him not to jump and that's why it took him so long to do it. How tragic. He should have listened to his gut.

@nrrdgirl805

2 жыл бұрын

@Guinevere But he'd be alive... What a shame to put Pride first.

@onlyechadtherebellious2467

2 жыл бұрын

@Guinevere avoiding to go into major depths of danger to please others should be an a priori thing. No one should be made fun of just because they value their own life than a simple show.

@alkaholic4848

2 жыл бұрын

@Guinevere He'd only told people he was going to throw a dummy off. They wouldn't have allowed him up there if he'd admitted he was planning to throw himself off. So he didn't really have much to fear about his reputation - just throw the dummy as everybody was expecting.

@peterpretzington9669

Жыл бұрын

Funny that y'all think social pressure isn't killing all of us off slowly or faster

@Terelon

Жыл бұрын

He should've followed the second thoughts wholeheartedly, who cares about the backlash, you only get one life, they'll be alright, just ignore the bullies.

Regardless of the horrible fate this man endured, his dedication and guts are beyond legendary

@rafaelbianchi4115

7 ай бұрын

Stop romanticizing the dumbness and stubborness of those guys.

@Leo_Valdez

7 ай бұрын

@@rafaelbianchi4115He was trying to make a parachute that worked better than the ones used at the time. This was something that other people didn’t know how to do. He needed a human to test it because a dummy didn’t weigh the same as a human.

@rafaelbianchi4115

7 ай бұрын

@@Leo_Valdez haha

@15packman

7 ай бұрын

Yeah…..I have zero aeronautical training of any kind, but can tell there is zero probability this heavy, bulky , canvass looking monstrosity of a suit could possibly fly, or glide down …..zero chance that anything could happen except the invariable splat!@@Leo_Valdez

@conservativepatrioticstrai5218

6 ай бұрын

​@@rafaelbianchi4115stop romanticizing ignorance. It was rarher pressure that prompted him so

wow, that was surprisingly tense. I didn't expect the actual footage!

He shakes his head before he jumps, like he knew it wasn’t right. I wonder how scary that was, standing on a stool by the side of a building. Very sad :(

@BennyHendrixx

Жыл бұрын

Where do you see him shaking his head ? I don’t see it.

@herrscherofgachapain6342

Жыл бұрын

1:15

@Terelon

Жыл бұрын

He should've followed through with whatever hesitation he had and backed out, sure there would've been backlash and embarrassment but he still would've been alive!

@Druggy-Doggo

Жыл бұрын

He was probably thinking a nice riverbed or a giant mattress would’ve made much more sense before jumping

@manuelkong10

Жыл бұрын

they say he was being told not to jump....he could have been shaking his head to That

Fun Fact: This dude actually had a lot of advance warning before he took the leap, both from his friends and from experienced pilots at the time. He was so confident in his own work that he kept on going even after he jumped off a building with this thing and broke his own leg. He only hesitated right at the end.

@elliothuh669

Жыл бұрын

He should hesitated a little further and not jumped off. But again we are in 2023. What he has on resembles more of a wingsuit that base jumpers use. . He should of jumped from the very top of the Eifel tower and then had an actual real parachute to save his life. Then he could of gaged how well it worked too bad.

@Myspicyshart

Жыл бұрын

@@elliothuh669I’m pretty sure what he had on was the closest thing there was to an “actual real parachute” in those times 🤣🤣

@polymath72427

Жыл бұрын

​@@Myspicyshart they had real parachutes since the beginning of the 19th century

@altheadawn2531

Жыл бұрын

​@@Myspicyshart lol 🤣🤣

@christopherstein2024

Жыл бұрын

@@Myspicyshart A dummy with a real working parachute was thrown off the eifel tower a year before this.

dude really thought this was the "i fall" tower

@notmaireelneim

3 ай бұрын

It was a long time in the past. It is now called the "i fell" tower

If it wasn't for gentlemen like this we wouldn't have the inventions we have today. He had actually made a few jumps from his roof top appartment so i could only imagine he was positive his parachute would work.. We was brave enough to try even though he probably knew he was possible going to get hurt.. You have to give him credit for having the guts to try and be a pioneer of the parachute industry and hoping his invention would save lives.

These comments are really funny but this is also kinda sad. Imagine how scared he must have been when he realized it wasn't going to work.

@Frankiigii

3 жыл бұрын

It probably was thankfully brief at least. RIP

@FootballFury

3 жыл бұрын

i do kinda feel a little sad. That being said, he didn’t have to do it.

@oscarmurillo9524

3 жыл бұрын

lmao

@Alexa-xl1gi

3 жыл бұрын

@OWEN GLATCZAK now all I can think about is him saying "bruh" right before he hits the ground😭

@blackpanda7612

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alexa-xl1gi 😂😂😂😂

When you skip the tutorial in a video game

@guilhemesouza9702

3 жыл бұрын

Kkkkk

@soullessprincess6473

3 жыл бұрын

Frr

@fadeboi4701

3 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂

@Prxcticed

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@aliensaretrans4211

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine joking about someone's death

he didn't jump properly, he kind of just dead dropped, no pun intended... evident by the fact that he landed feet first when his invention was supposed to be something like a sugar glider's wings...

This was interesting, never saw the footage before. Also, hello everybody else here because of Huggbees.

@gemhunter498

10 ай бұрын

A man on the internet called me a chicken, so I had to prove him wrong XD

@gemhunter498

10 ай бұрын

Also, based on this footage, I would estimate the hole to be 3 feet wide, and about 5 inches deep. However, this is likely inaccurate, since the French officially adopted the Meter in 1875, so that’s likely what they would be using to measure here.

@Chfrchko-144

10 ай бұрын

I am a chicken

R.I.P. Franz Reichelt 🙏🏽

@andredeketeleastutecomplex

3 жыл бұрын

rest in pieces for sure

@Boranx1

Ай бұрын

Kafasız adam

I read this story today; Here to add a little bit of context: - he tried a lighter version of the "parachute" with dummies, and worked. - he tried an heavier, more complex version of it to be used with humans and never worked at first. The structure weighted over 70 kg. - he made it lighter and tried again with dummies. It is reported that only in a single case the dummy did not crash the ground. - he tried himself from a barn. He crashed on a hay cove, breaking maybe a leg. But safe. He saw that he need more air time to manouver the parachute, so he thought he needed to jump from higher. - the day he jumped from the tower was 0°, freezing chill at 730 in the morning. Literally everybody there tried to dissuade him from jumping. The tower guardian was even trying to close the gate. - the police expected he should throw a dummy, not a real person down the tower. - he looks scared, and in fact probably he was. The autopsy stated that he died from heart attach before touching ground. - as someone in the comments pointed out, all the people related to this sad episode died, but his memory is still somehow remembered. My personal thought: feel very sad for him. Watching a man dying on YT is kinda creepy. History will remember you both if you fail miserably or succeed terrifically. Us to decide the price we are willing to pay. I believe the poor Franz, in the end, was aware of his end but agreed to pay the tool for his memory.

@elpollodelamuerte2550

2 жыл бұрын

where did you get the info about a heart attack? I can't find anything to verify that. it's very rare for someone falling to die of a heart attack before they hit the ground. in this case there is not really enough time to have a heart attack or even die from asphyxiation

@wallride2wallride

2 жыл бұрын

@@elpollodelamuerte2550 "Édouard Launet, writing in the Summer supplement of Libération in 2009, mentioned that an autopsy concluded that Reichelt had died of a heart attack during his fall." from wikipedia but also google "Franz Reichelt heart attack" for more info

@hazardeur

2 жыл бұрын

@@wallride2wallride yeah, an autopsy from a 100+ years ago vs a 5second heart attack. i wonder what's the tright track here

@wallride2wallride

2 жыл бұрын

@@hazardeur idk, I just reported the info I have without any endorsement.

@JoyJoke

2 жыл бұрын

That’s even sadder to think he had a heart attack before crashing to the ground. Does that mean he died midair, since the fall would have killed him instantly?

RIP for Franz and I'm so sorry for those who witnessed the accident, carried the dead body, and had a closed look on the severe injuries, obviously they lived in this trauma all their live.

A beautiful tribute to a very brave man. Thank you

You know what that parachute suit needs? A parachute.

Though sadly all the people in this recording are long gone, you still have sadness knowing the pain his death brough upon his loved ones and friends. Seeing his last moments, you just wish he hadn't done it

@MzuMzu-nx1em

11 ай бұрын

Even the babies still in the uterus are gone

@CarlosHernandez-bp4ul

11 ай бұрын

Wow. This comment makes me feel like crying. There are deaths in the thousands weekly but this death is really made dramatic by this comment.

@TerrorMau5

11 ай бұрын

speak for yourself, i wanted him to do a frontflip.

@RMJ1984

10 ай бұрын

To put that into more perspective. There are only 50 or so people alive from 1912... Everyone else is dead.

Thanks for your contribution to science Franz, now we all know wearing a duvet isn't gonna save anyone from a 60mt fall

Rest in peace Franz - so much honor and bravery, he had such impressive belief in his work 🕊️

@watertiteman

8 ай бұрын

That's the trouble with beliefs.

@JustReed

2 ай бұрын

He's was probably reincarnated years ago and passed by now.

Now we have gliding suits! These are the men who risk everything to advance the threshold of civilization, technology, and the overall catalog of scientific knowledge! I wish Franz were alive today to see how far his idea has evolved. Rest in peace, Franz!

@4thegloryofthelord

11 ай бұрын

I wonder if those gliding suits could’ve saved those that fell to their deaths on 9-11. I hope there’s a way to get them to be more accessible, and cheaper- especially for those that work in very tall buildings.

@noskills5874

10 ай бұрын

Franz was a mad person, he tested his invention with dummies and it didn’t work, and yet he chose to do the jump with the same suit in winter with far below optimal conditions. His idea and sentiment were great, his execution was just horrible

@WindowsDrawer

10 ай бұрын

@@4thegloryofthelord I think providing a suit for every single person in a skyscraper isn't possible. Also, you would have to train them on how to use it, since without any training they would have probably flied into some building and crashed just like the plane that crashed into their building lol

@CarlosHernandez-bp4ul

10 ай бұрын

My life for civilization? Nah!

@TripleXMango

6 ай бұрын

Unfortunately for Franz, a man from the Soviet Union actually invented a working wearable parachute a year prior to this. His death was completely in vain.

i’m here cause i had to see what mr ballen was talking about. no lie that he really rocked him self back and forth before jumping. oof

@kni8x_yt449

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@sweatyoldman

3 жыл бұрын

I knew about it before hand but I never knew the full story until Mr Ballen’s video.

@talksicfuk5672

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@xitlalievans4336

3 жыл бұрын

Mr.Ballen fan too!

@-Bellana-

3 жыл бұрын

Same

Great quality footage considering the time.

File that under: "Seemed like a good idea at the time "...

One of the many who died so we can enjoy flying and taking it for granted. Rest in peace, Franz.

@thesnackbandit

Жыл бұрын

How so? It was a completely pointless death. Parachutes were invented well before and worked reliably too.

@LouLope

Жыл бұрын

@@thesnackbandit It evolved into wingsuits and better understanding of aerodynamics.

@thesnackbandit

Жыл бұрын

@@LouLope It didn’t. He didn’t have to die for this. Even his tests with dummies were unreliable. Of course it is a tragedy that he went through with it, but it’s not like his demise paved the way for wingsuits or anything.

@rawrrii1020

Жыл бұрын

no, not at all actually..

@altheadawn2531

Жыл бұрын

He was not that guy Stop

I did that with a blanket as a cape when I was a kid. But of course, the shed roof was only like 7 feet high.

@ass_jay

Жыл бұрын

I still believe it will work

I remember seeing this live on tv when i was a kid. I couldnt sleep well for many nights.

@richardbool4232

8 күн бұрын

That would mean you are 112 years old I think not.😀

I read the text. I read the video title. I'm watching him stand on the edge. And I'm thinking "Don't do it!".

Part of the problem also was he jumped vertically. You can see him hesitate then jump off but it looks like he meant to jump horizontally hence so the wind would catch under his suit

@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, either way his suit would've been torn apart because of the wind

@Icarus931

3 жыл бұрын

Yeaaaaah..... the wind failed him.....

@Suzuha_Amane

3 жыл бұрын

but at least he should have put a soft material on the ground, better being injured than dead

@TheNorgate

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure th what would have been the difference

@Heavymetalstonie420

2 жыл бұрын

That still wouldn't of worked the suit was basically just a big ass coat if he would of done it like the flying suits we have now probably could of glided down

As a fellow Austrian I can confirm: we are good tailors, good inventors, and are very stubborn!

@playitback8623

Жыл бұрын

please don't talk for me, my fellow austrian

@LordVilmore

Жыл бұрын

good ish inventors :D

@jamesmacleod671

Жыл бұрын

But not good at making parachutes.

@dekkard

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesmacleod671 Haha! True. 😂 But I hope his death at least contributed somehow to the funtioning parachutes...

@TheBlackbelair

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't mind a tailor-made Austrian suit.

For anyone wondering, the song is Antonin Dvorak "Gypsy Melody Opus 55 no 4 - songs my mother taught me"

@fra9873

2 ай бұрын

👍

Dude literally thought taking his nans curtains and dressing up like a Ringwraith was going to help him fly.

I am grateful for his sacrifice for the future of parachute safety, but i feel bad for the fear he must have felt

@MrPotatoBoiii

Жыл бұрын

Two days before what happened in the video, Frederick R. Law jumped from the Statue of Liberty with a parachute and succeeded, so Reichelt's death was completely unnecessary.

@haanis5458

Жыл бұрын

He didnt sacrifice himself for anything. He died because of his own ignorance and stupidity. He had all the warning signs in the world that told him that this would never work. He broke both his legs while trying the suit once. The stupid man is being credited as a hero who sacrificed himself for science, but in reality he had way to much confidence in himself. That stupid idiot.

@thesnackbandit

Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? The parachute was invented and worked reliably well before this.

@crazyleyland5106

Жыл бұрын

The post mortem showed that he had a heart attack on the way down.

@jakendriajenkins3902

Жыл бұрын

@@MrPotatoBoiii and seeing as he was supposed to just use the “dummies” and decided to be the practice dummy himself…..id have to agree very unnecessary

Not even a landing pad or any means of cushioning the fall...just straight to the turf...and then come along these guys to measure his indentation 🥴

@kr00k3d100

3 жыл бұрын

@Reehan Baitali That was the police statement made to cover their own asses.

@Suzuha_Amane

3 жыл бұрын

@@kr00k3d100 why should the police be held accountable 🤦‍♀️

Thanks for sharing, I didnt know his death jump was filmed.

His legacy lives on as he made quite an impact in the sport of BASE jumping.

@adammarkowitz7944

11 ай бұрын

And on the ground.

@juliebraden6911

9 ай бұрын

Yeah that's already been stated several times already in the comments here. Thanks for putting base in all caps since we're all too stupid to have had this obvious thought ourselves, or to have read the other comments.

@adammarkowitz7944

9 ай бұрын

Julie's a little upset, no worries

Not gonna lie, the song in the background is kinda terrifying considering the video it’s played over. It’d probably be scary to me even if it wasn’t played over this.

@cryoman4144

3 жыл бұрын

wdym its so relaxing

@sweatyoldman

3 жыл бұрын

@@cryoman4144 idk it’s just music from the early 1900’s kinda freak me out.

@cryoman4144

3 жыл бұрын

@@sweatyoldman kinda weird i find this song very beautiful and etherial i mean the title is "Songs my mother taught me" so that might make you not fear the song as much

@sweatyoldman

3 жыл бұрын

@@cryoman4144 Idk maybe.

@cryoman4144

3 жыл бұрын

@Marty mcfly idk it just is, why wouldnt it be relaxing? it siunds so good and calm

You gotta admire his courage and dedication.

@rjlchristie

11 ай бұрын

Not when coupled so closely to stupidity.

@Lot_2023

11 ай бұрын

You also gotta admire morons that admire such morons.

@baritonebroker

11 ай бұрын

I don’t think so. This was just stupid. Repeat it 12 times with dummies until it’s a 99% certainty before getting in yourself.

@kingwinter2024

11 ай бұрын

Stupidity is what he had and that is nothing to admire about.

@jakeg3126

11 ай бұрын

I don’t get why you are getting disagreement comments. I agree, he tried so hard to do it and yet dumb enough to have the balls and confidence to do it trusting his own invention. Although it said it didn’t deploy, so maybe it did work

i cant believe his massive glorious mustache didn't slow him down.

The accompanying music is appropriately sad and eerie......

110 years later people are using similar suits to jump of the mountain cliffs many times higher than Eiffel tower and they make it safely to the ground... If he only be able to see them.

@dougkenny6548

11 ай бұрын

Some of them are up there with him.

@JustMe-vz3wd

11 ай бұрын

Imagine, if that test would have been a success, he would have been the respected inventor of the wingsuit.

@juliebraden6911

10 ай бұрын

@@dougkenny6548 sure but not because of that

@dougkenny6548

10 ай бұрын

@@juliebraden6911 like I said, some of the people who choose to risk their lives flying wingsuits, base jumping etc. lose them. I guess they don't count because they didn't jump off the Eiffel Tower?

@dave9351

10 ай бұрын

They ALL have parachutes they deploy 2000 AGl

Something that i couldn’t help but notice was his breathing. It was 0°c that morning, and you can see vapour coming from his breathe pretty much the entire time. Right up until about 5-10 seconds before his jump. The vapour stops. He literally held his breathe, and took a leap of faith. My heart goes out to this man, may he forever be at peace.

@jantyszka1036

Жыл бұрын

I thought that, too: his last breaths.

@curiouslyme524

Жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@lukemallory7832

11 ай бұрын

Well observed - I had noticed the fast breathing but not that it stopped.

@lil_old_man202

11 ай бұрын

he should have waited til summertime. at least then he could have taken advantage of favorable warm upward drafts.

@curiouslyme524

11 ай бұрын

Agreed. He was very brave. RIP 🙏.

And still a dummy was the last person to try

The strength of his conviction even unto death is a testament to his unwavering belief that this would work. Brave.

The comments are kinda funny but I actually feel bad for this guy, he looked super scared. Rip Franz

The impact he made on the ground is crazy to me

@S10Blazen

Жыл бұрын

He was completely obliterated.

@tappajaav

Жыл бұрын

@@S10Blazen Doesn't look completely obliterated at 1:52

@JustMe-vz3wd

11 ай бұрын

Wow thats such an .... original joke.

@TheGrenade_Dude

10 ай бұрын

Yeah Probably because the ground was freezing cold.

@superior_ape

6 ай бұрын

that's because it's from a movie,but the Internet was real​@@tappajaav

Out among the stars I sail Way beyond the moon In my silver ship I sail A dream that ended too soon Now I know Exactly who I am And what I'm here for And I will go sailing no more All the things I thought I'd be All the brave things I'd done Vanished like a snowflake With the rising of the sun Nevermore to sail my ship Where no man has gone before And I will go sailing no more But, no - It can't be true! I could fly if I wanted to! Like a bird in the sky If I believed I could fly Well, I'd fly! Clearly, I Will go sailing no more

Insane! I'm guessing he was the only one surprised by the outcome.

He knew he was going to die, but his statement before climbing up prevented him from backing down. Ego killed that man.

@nileswillis7992

Жыл бұрын

Same with the Titan.

It almost made me cry cuz the man was just standing in the camera innocently, ready to show his work. Little did he know he was causing his fate.

One of the original Darwin Award recipients.

That's the power of positive thinking.

Crazy part is he was booked to ride the Titanic to NYC later in the year so he was screwed anyway.

@DrSourPurp

2 жыл бұрын

That's nuts

@truthdefenders-

11 ай бұрын

He chose the better way to go.

@andrewrobinson8305

11 ай бұрын

What’s your source for that? I can’t find any mention of it anywhere online. Did you just make it up?

@Baseballify

11 ай бұрын

This is made up there’s no such evidence supporting these theorey

@beholdtheman3161

11 ай бұрын

​@@andrewrobinson8305 He probably did to get LIKES! Our generation live and breathe LIKES!

I gotta admire a man who stuck with his dream to the end - even if it was wild. Its so sad that it had to end that way ;(

@manuelkong10

Жыл бұрын

a dream or a lunatic fantasy?

@rayfinkle2805

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure his family echoed those sentiments

@leehighland5435

Жыл бұрын

@@manuelkong10 If you are a woke progressive, you can't tell the difference.

@dushbag1115

11 ай бұрын

I wonder what went through his mind when he hit the ground? Probably his ass.

@dougkenny6548

11 ай бұрын

Stuck to his dream and then to the ground.

knowing what parachutes look like now... i'm watching this IMMEDIATELY knowing.. "that shit aint gonna work."

The music makes it even more chilling. 💀

Not in a million years would I do this, even if I new the parachute was 100% guaranteed not to fail. That parachute looks like a bleeding quilt. He hesitates and then jumps rather badly. It's hard to watch.

@TonyEnglandUK

Жыл бұрын

lol a quilt or inflatable tent

You can see how he knew this would be his last. The hesitation :(

@FushiguroTojl

5 ай бұрын

he literally didnt though? he was overconfident and believed in his own creation, he was just unsure of a few things. he obviously wasnt expecting that he'd fall to his death instead

After his death. They realized it was an extremely comfortable comforter for your bed. Sealey patented it

Please answer - what is this song and who sings it? The perfect combination of video and sound!

This man was the definition of balls. He had the courage and an intense belief in himself and his work to do something very dangerous all in the name of innovation and creation. He should be applauded.

@andredeketeleastutecomplex

3 жыл бұрын

Only idiots would applaud other idiots.

@anthonycampos8057

3 жыл бұрын

@@andredeketeleastutecomplex this man was working on something that would've potentially saved lives. Go fuck yourself

@_plutonic_ptii3469

3 жыл бұрын

@@anthonycampos8057 true mate

@otofoto

3 жыл бұрын

@@anthonycampos8057 We saw how he helped himself. Not practical.

@andredeketeleastutecomplex

3 жыл бұрын

You don't see ducks lining up and climbing on the Eiffel tower to jump off.

Remember kids, if you're going to do something that may result in your death, don't film it on camera, because 110 years later someone may end up posting this comment.

A great training video on safety and avoiding peer pressure

0:21 he looked so happy to demonstrate his lil invention bro😭💔

Here’s an Austrian that also took a leap of faith, broke records, nearly died…. But succeeded! Felix Baumgartner’s jump from the stratosphere on a balloon that was sponsored by Red Bull like 15 years ago. He basically jumped from the edge of outer space, lost control halfway but recovered and landed like a champ in New Mexico.

@user-lv7ph7hs7l

10 ай бұрын

That was a pretty long way from the edge of space about 1/3 of the way and he had a huge team of engineers designing the whole thing. People did that in the 50s when high altitude baloons where popular.

@wayneliebl1098

10 ай бұрын

Man, that was some leap!

@TheLambdaTeam

8 ай бұрын

Well, to be fair, the stratosphere is nowhere near the edge of space. It's around the exosphere.

@INDIGOBLUE555

7 ай бұрын

Yes,I watched a footage of his performance on YT.I guess he did take a really huge risk but eventually he made it to landing safe and sound. After this jump I guess he had enough of extreme performances and retired.Wise choice....

@Komotau4691

6 ай бұрын

As kids we jumped out of Merkur and landed safely on planet Earth with just a t-shirt.

And 112 years later he lives forever on KZread

@richardbool4232

8 күн бұрын

you can ask rahmat9094 he was watching it on live TV hahaha😀

I wonder if his wing suit is in a museum some where.

@russell-di8js

Ай бұрын

In the basement of the Louvre?

0:58 that guy on the right '' i dont think you should try that''

Legend has it that his cousin, Pierre Bungèe, invented a retracting rope shortly after he witnessed this event.

@seaweed_pervert

11 ай бұрын

Underrated comment 👍

@zeetty

11 ай бұрын

Seriously underrated.@@seaweed_pervert

@dougkenny6548

11 ай бұрын

Great comment. There's just so much to work with here. Thought about your comment more after posting the first part of my reply and laughed so hard I was crying.

He was a pioneer, sad to see it end that way

This was the first ever death recorded on video.

Been recently to Paris 1 week vacation. Went to the Eiffel tower to the top. Great experience. I've seen this video before and was amazed how high was the 1st level of the tower. It's bone chilling.

@shanegalang2859

Жыл бұрын

187 feet

@fidelcatsro6948

Жыл бұрын

1st level of the tower was where he jumped from? Is the crater on the ground still there?

@Hanz13171

11 ай бұрын

​​@@fidelcatsro6948i don't think it's still there since they probably covered it tho I've never been to Paris so idk

@fidelcatsro6948

11 ай бұрын

@@Hanz13171 yeah i think so too..its probably gone by now

@natashatomlinson4548

11 ай бұрын

I went up in the Tower late April 23. People tend to underestimate how high it is. It was the tallest structure in the entire world until the Chrysler building was built in NYC which barely eclipsed it by mere feet. So that jump from the first level was a major leap for sure .

even watching now nearly 110 years later, i'm thinking..noooo don't do it.

This was before the theory of "Fuck around and find out".

I almost died the same way. I was landing with my parachute, made a very low hook turn and at about 40 MPH I hit a concrete post with my sacrum. Broke my sacrum in 5, both legs, herniated 2 spine discs and 25 big surgeries later, here I am, riding horses. I live with permanent pain though and only with the help of life long pain killers will I function.

@dad1432

10 ай бұрын

Thank God you're with us. Sorry about the awful injuries and hope you find complete healing.

@JavierBonillaC

10 ай бұрын

@@dad1432 thank you.

He forgot that his elytra was broken

@Notrubenn

3 жыл бұрын

Nah it stopped raining

@makot0

3 жыл бұрын

It's not funny when he died my guy

@cryoman4144

3 жыл бұрын

@@makot0 ok

@hootkickkidkickboi552

2 жыл бұрын

True not funny when someone die

@cryoman4144

24 күн бұрын

came back to this comment i left 3 years ago and realized what i said was very insensitive of me and that i should not have made a joke about someone dying

He literally flattened like you see in movies that is bone chilling

Well you know what they say.. "If at first you don't succeed," Hmm guess that doesn't apply in this situation, but you do have to say he made an impact.

Dude was like HEY IM GONNA DO IT *stays for 1 minutes* FUCK IT LETS GO! And realized his glider was better as a blanket

His fields of study weren't physics or aerodinamics, everyone told him to not do it but he still did it, a foolish man, but a very good one.

My Dad was born in 1909 and passed in 1996. In his later years I mentioned to him that no people in history had ever seen the changes in their lifetimes as his age cohert.

@BigLisaFan

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it really is amazing what he witnessed. From horses everywhere for deliveries to trucks and cars, slow speeds of them to unimaginable ones in his early years. Pioneering aviation to a man on the moon. Wars of incredible size and destruction, a world-wide depression, huge advances in medicine and technology. Such history to have lived through. At the end of our lives, will be able to look back on such advances? I think many of us have already from record players and tape recorders, to CDs to flash drives, VHS/Beta tapes to discs, from rotary phones to a computer and a mobile phone in your hand, GPS units. Who knows what the years ahead will bring?

@johnball8758

Жыл бұрын

cohert?

@bobbywoods684

Жыл бұрын

Thank goodness he didn't live to see men become women and women become men. He wouldn't recognize this place.

@WhateverDudeMan

11 ай бұрын

​@@BigLisaFanman on the moon? The technology of getting a man to the moon was mysteriously "lost" and isn't available today. Aint that strange

@srit1202

11 ай бұрын

True

He needed a bigger mustache

Not nearby high enough. For it to have a chance of working he needed to go a lot higher. Was he using a king size quilt as a parachute ?

Eye witness accounts of the time state that there were buzzards perched in the Eiffel tower girders cheering him on, and he felt compelled to make the jump, despite second thoughts.....

@alpaa63

Жыл бұрын

Thats sad