Overview
- Two unidentified white men in their late 20s bought tickets and parachuted from the Space Needle’s 605-foot observation deck on Friday, videos on social media show.
- Seattle Police opened an active investigation and said the pair face trespassing charges while detectives and Space Needle security review footage to identify and locate them.
- CCTV and witness video indicate the men entered a restroom at the top level, emerged wearing helmets, ran to the glass wall, climbed over to the ledge and jumped.
- Security staff and responding officers were unable to determine where the jumpers landed and could not locate them after the stunt, though multiple videos corroborate the jump.
- The breach highlights how paid public admission and open-air glass panels can be used to bypass perimeter controls and may prompt changes to barriers, screening and crowd-safety procedures at major attractions, and underlines the high risk of BASE jumping at low altitude.