# Burj Khalifa: First Suicide Leap **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burj-khalifa-first-suicide-leap/581532 "2011-05-11T16:41:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burj-khalifa-first-suicide-leap/581532/41 "2011-05-12T16:50:36Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > The ones I saw on a google images search don’t look like they can be opened. Not even just a little bit? They probably don’t even let their employees answer the phone with “Use BS&S and die!” once an hour either. Savages. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burj-khalifa-first-suicide-leap/581532/42 "2011-05-12T20:52:52Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Did he survive? He did survive the jump. It’s the landing that got him in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burj-khalifa-first-suicide-leap/581532/43 "2011-05-12T23:30:25Z")
"9.7, 9.8, 9.8, 9.6, 4.5 from the French judge. He really stuck that landing, didn’t he, Phil?" ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burj-khalifa-first-suicide-leap/581532/44 "2011-05-13T01:02:11Z")
See windows in a Birj pad [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8V21AEuwik8/hqdefault.jpg "Burj Khalifa Apartment with Stunning Views") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V21AEuwik8) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burj-khalifa-first-suicide-leap/581532/45 "2011-05-13T12:21:03Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > A young man in his 20s jumped from the 147th floor, supposedly after his company refused him permission for a vacation. Ah, he knew he couldn’t make the Dubai date. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burj-khalifa-first-suicide-leap/581532/46 "2011-05-13T22:31:27Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Ah, he knew he couldn’t make the Dubai date. Thank you. Now _I_ want to sail out the window. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burj-khalifa-first-suicide-leap/581532/47 "2011-05-13T23:17:57Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Thank you. Now _I_ want to sail out the window. Or defenestrate someone else…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burj-khalifa-first-suicide-leap/581532/48 "2011-05-13T23:19:34Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Or defenestrate someone else…🙂 Can you say that in polite company? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burj-khalifa-first-suicide-leap/581532/49 "2011-05-14T01:45:34Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Can you say that in polite company? Surely, they won’t know what it means, either. And elephant was defenestrated in my hotel room last night. How he got through the window, I’ll never know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burj-khalifa-first-suicide-leap/581532.md?page=2)