HomeSections New York Post METRO Trespassing WTC BASE jumper only regrets getting caught By Antonio Antenucci, Josh Saul and Bob Fredericks March 24, 2014 | 10:15am Modal Trigger The top of 1 World Trade Center and its spire Photo: AFP/Getty Images One of the BASE jumpers who leapt from the Freedom Tower in September said on Monday his only regret was getting caught. “The intent was for nobody to ever find out and for nobody to get hurt and nobody did get hurt. I’m just trying not to go to jail,” said Andrew Rossig, who has been told to surrender this afternoon to the NYPD along with his three pals for the Sept. 30 leap. “We knew what we were getting into when we did it,” Rossig said. While authorities had initially instructed Rossig, fellow jumpers Marco Markovich and James Brady, and lookout Kyle Hartwell to turn themselves in Thursday, the NYPD called Rossig defense attorney Tim Parlatore on Monday afternoon to demand the men turn themselves in by 5 p.m. “We’ll go straight down to the First Precinct,” Parlatore said, adding that the men will likely face burglary and trespassing charges. The trio of BASE jumpers may have snuck through the same hole in a fence that a New Jersey teen squeezed through to get to the top of the WTC. “They are accused of sneaking into the World Trade Center, going through quite possibly the same hole in the fence that this kid climbed through last week that they never fixed, going to the top and parachuting off,” said Parlatore, referring to Justin Casquejo, the New Jersey teen who snuck onto the WTC site on March 16. The 16-year-old was able to avoid security — including a sleeping guard — as he made his way to the top of the world’s biggest terror target undetected, a story first reported by the Post. Modal Trigger 1/9 Justin Alexander Casquejo allegedly slipped past four layers of WTC security and spent two hours atop the tallest building in the United States, until he was finally discovered by a construction worker. Facebook “They walked up — they didn’t get a ride up like that kid,” Parlatore said of Casquejo, who rode an elevator on his way to the top. The shocking security breach prompted a blizzard of criticism of the Port Authority. Parlatore said one of the jumpers had a helmet cam, and that authorities have the video evidence in their possession. The jumpers, clad in all black and wearing dark helmets, parachuted into lower Manhattan at about 3 a.m., landing right in front of one of the world’s largest investment banks before vanishing, police said at the time. The jumpers were captured on surveillance video after they dropped from the sky in front of the Goldman Sachs building near the World Financial Center. Rossig, 33, of Orange County had been arrested in 2008 after BASE jumping in Bear Mountain State Park upstate. He was also busted in 2012 for trying to jump from the top of a 33-story building at Co-op City in the Bronx. When asked why he and his friends had chosen the World Trade Center, Rossig said, “We’re BASE jumpers, it the biggest building in the Western Hemisphere,” but added that no disrespect was meant to the victims of 9/11. He also explained the appeal of the dangerous sport. “For me it kind of brings back how temporary life is, we all get into our cars every day, we cross the street and we don’t think about it … It just kind of puts things into perspective for me,” Rossig said. FILED UNDERBASE JUMPING, NYPD, WALL STREET, WORLD TRADE CENTER Read Next: A baby boom… Twitter Facebook Email You Might Also Like 8 Small Luxury Cars Selling Big Across America Wall St. Cheat Sheet 7 Celebrity Co-Stars Who Didnt Get Along Celebrity Gossip Answers Myrtle Ave. champ revives area retail Crains New York Business 10 Most Dependable Cars on the Road Wall St. Cheat Sheet 10 Celebs Who Were Unrecognizable After Plastic Surgery Celebrity Gossip Answers Facebook Photoshop Fails BoreBurn Recommended by TRENDING NOW 181230 Body found in shallow grave in Queens 59730 Scott’s suicide reveals tragic side of city’s glitzy scene 26677 Families told by text that jet crashed NOW ONPAGE SIX Amanda Bynes and family all smiles at fashion school event Canceled concerts could cost Stones $10M: report Business Insider taps Anthony Weiner for political column Baby North West poses in Kim & Kanye’s Vogue spread SEE ALL Scott’s suicide reveals tragic side of city’s… Body found in shallow grave in Queens Man who fathered 98 kids offers free… Emma Watson’s $150K-a-year bodyguard an ex-NYPD cop New York Post Twitter Facebook © Copyright 2014 NYP Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY © 2014 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES What do u guys think???? Awesome or idiots!!! You can probably guess were I think
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