Base Jumper Sentenced Over Trade Center Stunt
Three men who staged a base jump from the top of One World Trade Center have now been sentenced to community service over the stunt.
Marko Markovich was ordered to carry out 300 hours of community service and fined $2,000.
Last month, Andrew Rossig was sentenced to 200 hours and James Brady 250 hours for their part in the base jump. They were also fined $2,000 each.
The men, all from New York, filmed themselves leaping from the top of the 104-storey building on 30 September, 2013, after climbing through a gap in the construction fence at the skyscraper.
A video of the jump was posted on YouTube and surveillance footage showed the moment they landed close to the Goldman Sachs building in Manhattan. They were arrested six months later.
All three were convicted of reckless endangerment and other misdemeanours in June, but were acquitted of felony burglary.
Last month, Judge Juan Merchan described the stunt as insensitive. He added that the jump has tarnished the memories of those people who were forced to jump from the World Trade Center buildings during the 9/11 attacks.
The stunt caused considerable embarrassment to authorities over the security at the building, the tallest in the US.
One World Trade Center opened to its first tenants in November 2014, but was still under construction when the men carried out their jump.
