17 March 1930 Empire state building built

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[@mcbpearlandtx]

As a construction worker, I can tell you these guys were a different breed ,27 years of working construction, and was never able to overcome being afraid of heights , I have a great deal of respect for the ones that can do this kind of work 👏

[@canwetalk1790]

Here’s a question my man, in your 27 years of being a construction worker what is the highest number of stories you worked above the ground? I would submit that the fear you had was very healthy and that it probably kept you alive

[@mcbpearlandtx]

@canwetalk1790 Honestly, after 3 stories, it was extremely hard for me , Walking 2x4 walls at 32 ft height was enough to make me lose my sleep

[@borntoclimb7116]

@@mcbpearlandtx in many 3rd would countries they Work Like this

[@ayyyyoman]

I've worked some minor construction on some double storey houses before and even that was too much for me. Watching this video alone made me automatically sweat

[@prisondaddy5037]

@@borntoclimb7116 respect to those people

[@TS-KDMF1777]

25 years of construction here and I could never fathom walking steel the way these guys did it. True artisans of the craft.

[@CeeTeeUSA]

These guys blow me away. I get nervous on a ladder in my kitchen. I'd be paralyzed in fear. Hats off to these warriors..

[@rauoool80s23]

The way they're casually walking along and handling stuff along with the disregard of any danger is beyond me.

[@bartsimpson7424]

Shame this video don't mention how many people died during construction. Btv 1930-1931 over 40 people died,that's more than 3 a day . Many of the workers were Irish and Italian immigrants, with a sizable minority of Mohawk.

[@futureoftheearth8100]

You would use to it after week working on that height

[@tberk70]

I agree with you...

[@borntoclimb7116]

@@bartsimpson7424 yes and no one cares about those imigrants back then

[@yanksonexpress4964]

A bunch of fearless men at work... Respect 💯

[@MarkStoneLimited]

@@yanksonexpress4964 agree

[@PoisonNarcotics]

@@yanksonexpress4964 back when men were well and truly men we are a joke now like this whole generation is

[@canwetalk1790]

Here I am in 2023 sitting on my couch looking at guys working from dizzying heights with no safety harness, walking around up there like they are 2 feet off the ground. This is jaw dropping. Much respect to these incredible men

[@RobertMay-tr1yx]

If they were building the empire State building with today's workers they'd still be working on it, where I live they've been building a 7-Eleven and it seems like it's been about 13 months and it's still ain't done oh by the way it's not $102 stories high it's only one!!!

[@canwetalk1790]

@@RobertMay-tr1yx 😂😂

[@toecutter1015]

@@RobertMay-tr1yxyou can thank liberals for that because construction is a dumping ground for special needs affirmative action create a jobs etc

[@borntoclimb7116]

As a lattice climber, i love those Videos, in my free time i climb steeltowers and tall chimneys in Germany without gear, simetimes more than 300 meters.

[@canwetalk1790]

@@borntoclimb7116 as a person that is afraid of heights I am utterly fascinated by your comment. can you please tell me what inside of you makes you not afraid of falling to your death especially climbing without protective gear. You obviously have the same DNA as the French Spider-Man, who climbs office towers in Europe, and George Willig, who made the famous climb up the former world trade center and Philippe Petit, who walked the tightrope across the world trade center towers before they were destroyed. Tell me if you can what makes you guys tick. 99.9% of people would not do what you do and that is a compliment to you.

[@katoom-ju6vo]

These courageous men had nerves that were harder than the steel they were assembling. Much respect for these talented workers. Fantastic video, thanks for posting!!

[@MarkStoneLimited]

Thanks for the comment

[@JuanLopez-ef5pr]

Need and good pay are very persuasive.

[@jimc4839]

@@JuanLopez-ef5pr I was curious about the pay. Wonder what it was. They couldn't pay me enough.

[@andrewbrown2888]

Courage

[@andrewbrown2888]

They had a boom box blaring."evil dick" by body count sitting on the red iron while they were working.....

[@jtareh7073]

These guys were incredible, working at heights with practically no safety equipment.

[@gary_neilson1896]

Because there was no safety equipment...

[@snipersquat4758]

@@gary_neilson1896 and remember before they go upthear they dring couple bottles tequila just in case they fail down. 👈😅😅😅😅

[@borntoclimb7116]

​@@snipersquat4758lol many 3rd world countries today are worser, more deaths than the USA 100 years ago

[@toecutter1015]

@@gary_neilson1896no there’s pictures of guys with straps hooked to either sides of the bodies in a few pictures

[@lukelaser5397]

See that men. True badasses right there. Always remember who really built this country.

[@Wicked_R]

The most amazing thing is it only took just over a year to build in 1930 ..that is absolutely crazy to think...I love these videos.

[@jaygarcia5982]

This is utterly insane. The speed in which they built the thing with older building techniques and tools,the lack of fear working at such heights,trust me it's A LOT HIGHER in person than what the camera perspective is

[@BeBetterTomorrow321]

You should use a space after using commas.

[@jaygarcia5982]

@@BeBetterTomorrow321 you should mind your own business,but here we are :)

[@BeBetterTomorrow321]

@@jaygarcia5982 great comeback, really mature 🙄

[@jaygarcia5982]

@@BeBetterTomorrow321 not as mature as sliding in a random KZbin comment section to proofread AND give writing lessons. You're the legend here bro

[@BeBetterTomorrow321]

@@jaygarcia5982 you really don't like being corrected do you, you should get that looked at, seriously unhealthy, I'm muting you now, you clearly have issues, bye bye.

[@ronstevens8733]

Kudos to the cameraman who realized that he was witnessing history of these early brave men. These guys had the mentality of whatever it takes to get the job done. People back then, especially men would take hard jobs to feed their family. Personal safety went on a back burner.

[@finley614]

Imagine the wind turbulence at that height. These guys were amazing

[@jaoutlaw7747]

Welding during this time was known but not trusted. Little do they know, welding would take over the whole building trade. That building is riveted together. Amazing facts

[@hamwise9441]

Dude free-hand climbed that beam vertically like he grew up in the jungle. Salute to you sirs

[@eddystaruno]

It's called a column

[@hamwise9441]

@@eddystaruno "it's called a column" lmao you're so edgy and cool and I'm so dumb I guess 🤣 gtfo you douchebag

[@Moessie7]

"Hands free"

[@shootingstar5718]

@@Moessie7 hand job

[@Moessie7]

@@shootingstar5718 It looks like you know your speciality, good boy.

[@diamondtran8331]

It gives me a chill in the spine, just to look at these men at work.

[@hellomonkey1239]

These men deserve their names on every building they build. Those are some serious steel balls

[@Daveross-p3v]

I have worked over 40 years in construction. Never been afraid of the heights that iv worked at 100 ft or less .I would never be able to work at that hight .the men that work at those heights have my full respect

[@davidrichter9164]

With the Great Depression starting the year before, September 1929, alot of these guys needed the work, but still, to walk along beams that high up made my stomach tighten.

[@manyogurt4645]

One year and 45 days to build for that time period is absolutely amazing.

[@MarkStoneLimited]

Agree

[@PF_Health]

nowadays, it takes that long just to set up contracts if efficiently done.

[@dzl6848]

Ya cause back then you went to work and worked. They didn't have safety meeting after safety meeting to tell you how to wipe your ass correctly.

[@goodbadbill]

@@PF_Health sadly you're right

[@Pillole_di_calcio]

In Italy we spent 3 years only to choose the good project for 100 Mt of bridges After others month to built it and at the end the cost is always 300% more than the originary one of the project 😂 ( am not joking)

[@randyjohnson5426]

I just cannot imagine working in an environment where one single misstep and you could die. These men were just fearless!

[@suec6311]

Definitely agree.. hearts of steel

[@professorFG]

@@suec6311 more like balls of steel

[@ericpadilla2454]

They werent fearless but desperate for work to feed their families. In sure if one of then were alive today they would tell u they were scared shitless.

[@robertmasina7388]

Like any kind of work, whatever career choice one makes after high school, this is not for everybody.

[@Stefanius058]

Even the wind from those heights are very strong

[@mancello]

These were the true men of steel!

[@MarkStoneLimited]

@@mancello agree

[@Anthony-r8o7j]

You will never see this type of skilled and courageous labor ever again .

[@markturner5858]

Sure you will, and can, all over asia right now silly🙉🤦‍♀️

[@freelonmorris3659]

Back then it was work or starve.

[@paulnosek714]

Just check out the rope access trade industry man we are hanging off buildings and structures all day 😂

[@polreamonn]

@@freelonmorris3659 It still is in many parts of the world.

[@Ronniejamesleo]

​@@markturner5858nope

[@view1st]

The way these men walk so casually on the thinnest of gangplanks hundreds of feet in the air without safety ropes is amazing. If it were me I'd be terrified.

[@mikeloghry9521]

Meeeee Tooooo !!!

[@razorbak6783]

I got anxiety from just watching them, but I'm scared of heights too.

[@remokelm1838]

Exactly. Watching that alone makes me sick to my stomach. They do it like a walk in the park literally. Absolutely mind boggling.

[@Funkybassplayer]

I wouldn’t even dream about doing wat these guys were doing. I have vertigo so standing on a small stepladder with one or two steps gives me the Willies. 😩

[@itguy7336]

Naah, you would not be terrified, you would be dead. Same with me as well

[@JonahsWail]

This never ceases to amaze me. Glad they got this footage.

[@allan2098]

I have heard that much of it was staged, certainly the group having lunch on the girder was staged, I assume the rest was as well. Only two fell during the year it was constructed, and one of them was down an elevator shaft.

[@glenstewart9174]

On an iPhone

[@simply-tom]

Nerves of steel! I start shaking even trying to climb up a single story house!!! 😮😮😮

[@manchesterexplorer8519]

You have to remember that they started on the ground so they got used to moving around and placing the steel beams before they ended up being high in the air . By the time they got just a few levels up they were comfortable , knew what they were doing and moved like a cat . This still takes a ton of courage and obviously dangerous . Although it would of sucked being the new guy that started on the 20th floor with no experience working with heights . I've been working heights for over 20 years without a mishap but have seen a few people fall over my years . As crazy at it sounds more people get injured or killed on a 6 foot ladder than being 40+ feet in the air .

[@lancefortaleza3665]

In todays construction..that doesn't apply isn't it?

[@billd.4701]

You never get used to it. Connecting iron is not an easy job. I’ve done it and it’s not the height that kills you, but rather the sudden stop!

[@manchesterexplorer8519]

@@billd.4701 Used to it no , but skillfully trained and aware of what they are doing yes . I work heights as an exterior painter /carpenter , nothing like this of course but with experience of 25 years I work very diligently ,safely and have never fell .

[@billd.4701]

@@manchesterexplorer8519 safety is key to survival.

[@fernandovillafana6874]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@breakingnewsonsocialmediat8809]

My great grand dad was one of the workers on that building.. great video 👍

[@JamesHoffman-t4j]

Wow that is amazing.❤

[@bobhipjazzhopdantas4624]

Congratulations friend 👍

[@stroyhaker]

это каскадёры

[@---uz7wx]

Орлы,восхищаюсь!

[@HandersomGosch]

@@bobhipjazzhopdantas4624 acreditou ? 🤣🤣

[@elizabitty213]

Watching this has my stomach turning but I can’t stop watching it 😅 wow what these men did was absolutely incredible

[@MarkStoneLimited]

how did you end up watching this then

[@elizabitty213]

@@MarkStoneLimited it came up on my feed and I clicked it. I love anything to do with history. Thanks for the upload

[@ianking8315]

same elizabitty.

[@robertfunk2796]

liz.....me too, my stomach just tossing...wouldn't do it for a million dollars

[@thelonegerman2314]

I Experienced this , Working as a Novice Steel beam Erection, But the Heights I Was Working at Was Olny 4 Stories High, At first I was Terrified, But You Get Use to the Height Very Quickly Especially when you see your Work mates Joking, Eating and laughing at you , Incredible Experience

[@ericlopez2549]

For those women that say they don't need men.. should be watching this video... these guys have balls of steel...

[@NoCallerID70457]

You're absolutely disgusting. How the fuck does that gross private part relate to being brave? Having it isn't even a positive thing.

[@yvonnepeters1914]

I always say Labor Day is way underestimated. That men have "built America," not the Capitalists!! I am grateful everyday for the hard work they have done in every industry in the land. And Unions should of gotten stronger since the 30's not gotten rid of gradually! And safety has to be addressed way more than it is, still! Thank you Workers of the World. 🙏

[@dioniciotorres4290]

As a retired taper who worked the high rises in San Francisco, these red iron guys are alot braver than me. Diving boards, no spot to tie off, and the wind! I'm my, the wind. The empire building, they rarely tied off and people fell to their death. My hats off to you red iron guys!!

[@toecutter1015]

Why do you say red iron guys?Do you mean native Americans?? Cause they’re all white men

[@danbotlien]

@@toecutter1015 red iron is steel with iron oxide mixed in it making it have a red tint.

[@cvvxtp3878]

@@toecutter1015 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂your something else

[@toecutter1015]

@@cvvxtp3878 meaning what? Just stating obvious fact that Empire State bldg was built by WHITE MEN WHO WORK LIKE WHITE MEN and that’s the Only reason that skyscraper was built in a year ONE YEAR!!! And how long did that tower after 9 11 take to build being a New York liberal run Shit show?? A really really long time and it’s really just steel concrete and glass Everything that was Ever built in America history that was built ahead of schedule and below budget was built by WHITE MEN and that’s just a Historical Fact and there’s So many examples of this FACT from a century ago when construction wasn’t a dumping ground corrupt racist liberal trash swamp

[@83Mike17]

I'm a nervous wreck on a ferris wheel. I couldn't imagine doing this! Simply Amazing!

[@justtruth8310]

Absolute chills up and down my body watching this! Fearless or stupid I'll go with fearless and brave and dedicated.

[@MarkStoneLimited]

Just different ways

[@MarkStoneLimited]

Awesome

[@mrnobodynobody.]

It just shows how cheap and not important man's life was at the time.....

[@elizabitty213]

Bravery is not the absence of fear it’s doing something anyway even though you’re afraid 😎

[@mrnobodynobody.]

@@elizabitty213 Bravery is when you brave enough to demand safety measures and equipment while risking your life for few dollars.

[@jherl8307]

One gust of wind and it’s curtains. Guys are fearless

[@lawjwab]

Can't imagine modern construction without these guys, their grit and sacrifices soaked in sweat and blood. My humble salutes to those men🙏

[@marian6593]

I remember prints and posters of these scenes coming out in the late 1980s/90s. I felt physically sick just looking at the pictures and still feel the same watching this. Those men were so casual and relaxed; I haven't any idea how anyone could work at that height. Total respect guys.👍🌟

[@robinstewart6510]

The workers gradually get accustomed to it. Remember these buildings start at the ground level, building up from there. The workers start at that ground level, working up from there. Each floor is only a little bit higher than the previous floor. With such complacency, hard to see a point, a floor, to start worrying.

[@RobertoPR360]

@@robinstewart6510 an other stupid comment

[@lalagaramastri]

@@robinstewart6510 scientifically.. the higher you go.. potential energy increases.. every move made at such height demands excess energy.. strength.. the possibility if tumbling are very very high .. due to the momentum ..

[@robinstewart6510]

@@lalagaramastri .. Guy, they're not going high enough for what you say to be even remotely applicable. People live, or travel through, mountains much higher without risk.

[@PatrickFDolan]

They had murals of this at subway restaurants back in the 80s and 90s.

[@henryberger2793]

Wahnsinn was diese Männer geleistet haben. Hut ab vor Ihnen. Wahre Kerle.

[@andrewherold389]

I spent 25 years as a union Ironworker. Dangerous,dirty,tiring,hard work. On most jobs you can be killed or injured every day. I'm 76 years old now,retiring when I was 55. When I think back I honestly wonder how I was able to do that kind of work and I wouldn't recommend any young to get into it.Half the apprentices quit or get kicked out,it's not everybodys cup of tea. Plus alot of guys quit after 10 years and do something else for a living.I don't blame them. But you usually work with good people who aren't afraid of hard work and I'd rather work with a good crew and a lousy foreman (altho most are great guys),rather than a lousy crew(that don't happen too often) with a good foreman.

[@robward4109]

@@andrewherold389 I been in for going on 18 years now. When I retire people will tell me I'll miss it but I don't think I will. I got a few years left to go to retire. I hope I make it. I don't think I'll miss it though.

[@hereef1]

Don’t know how those men did that. Guts and skill. Bravo

[@chesterthawkins7510]

These workers were real heroes. Just amazing how fast this bldg. was constructed.

[@redpillpaulie2304]

It's Absolutely incredible how fearless these guys were. I can't even stand on the roof of my house without being a little shaky 😮

[@kleenmaint]

I always felt safe on a ladder. Can't even imagine this, but I will say one thing when I finally fell only a few feet (10 from the level of my feet to a concrete floor) my fear level increased dramatically. A year later when I was on an extension ladder I hung on for dear life.

[@rosemarieharvey9368]

I couldn't even manage the roof x

[@gregcarson8422]

I am petrified of heights and Iam in awe of these brave workers!

[@JamesHoffman-t4j]

As a construction worker for 65 years l can tell you. The guys in this video are simply amazing. I must admit that l am pretty amazing too in my line of work. Everyone keeps telling me every day. And it is true. I really am amazing. So let us all get together and give everyone in construction a pat on the back.. Especially me

[@cherrylove3656]

you talk about brave these guys are as brave as anyone can be! I have a fear of heights these guys just walk around up there like it was nothing. knowing they could fall any time they have nothing to stop them from plummeting down to the ground gravity is working against them every second I get chills watching this video of them. we owe these people the highest respect and any other builder that has built any building such as the world trade center etc.

[@jeremy28135]

These guys probably fought in WW1, then came home, went through depression, then worked on skyscrapers with no safety harness

[@MarkStoneLimited]

then and now . and i agree if they would be in ww1

[@thelonegerman2314]

Maybe After Seeing the Brutality and Horror's Of War, this Was Nothing Compared to What they saw in Warfare

[@markpowell1456]

Bravery of these men is unbelievable... Putting the bravery to one side, I don't know how, when you get that high up, you can compensate for the winds etc.They are walking around as if they are 2 foot off the ground!

[@oneaboveall1895]

According to official accounts, five workers died during the construction of the Empire State Building between 1929 and 1930: Falling from a scaffold Being hit by a truck Falling down an elevator shaft Being hit by a hoist Being killed by a blast The deaths occurred at various stages of construction, including the installation of the steel frame, the construction of the masonry exterior, and the installation of the elevators. The death rate for the Empire State Building was 1.47 deaths per thousand workers. This is considered surprising given the high risk of the job and the lack of safety equipment. For example, workers didn't have harnesses or hard hats.

[@michaelwinkelman7165]

No way ! Absolutely not freaking doing such a thing. How the hell these brave men did is beyond me.

[@thebossnocompetition8757]

Cash. Everyone needs it

[@jeepluver3195]

I’m so afraid of heights that when I visited the observation deck at the Empire State Building in 2000 I started shaking so badly I had to go inside and I was still shaky knowing I was 80 floors plus in the air. I can’t even imagine doing what these brave men did.

[@robinstewart6510]

Most people don't know the top of the Empire State Building (observation deck, etc), on a windy day, sways as much as 50 to 75 feet in any direction (150-ft overall movement). On really windy days, they close the top floors because nobody can possibly remain standing upright.

[@Yournicked]

@@robinstewart6510 it's actually about 6 inches mate.

[@HikingWithCooper]

Yeah, I wont even go into sky scrapers.

[@robinstewart6510]

@@Yournicked .. Hogwash. On just the day I went, the sway was a whole lot more than 6-inches, and we were told by the tour guide that was not nearly the worst.

[@bananajoe3669]

Oddly enough, I wouldn't have a problem with that to stand on the observation deck. But I can't climb without safety gear on the top on my roof, only five meters in the air without shaking... 🤦🏻‍♂️😆

[@Rbum4]

And only 5 men died during the construction which took more than a year? That's absolutely incredible.

[@daisy671]

The ole one eye. Symbolism will be the downfall.

[@harrysmiljanic2675]

Five officially! What about illegal workers? They don't count.

[@MrQueenofthereich]

No 14 died

[@troywiggins7383]

@@MrQueenofthereich Only 5 confirmed

[@jordivandervegte5983]

Thats 5 too many....poor guys

[@TheeIdol]

Im not afraid of heights by any means but this is daredevil spit in the face of death. these are true heroes

[@70tezskin]

Incredible footage. Incredible men.

[@tlb3855]

It took my local council over a year to repair a small train bridge in my home town.. these guys build the Empire State building in the same time.. amazing footage..🙂

[@toecutter1015]

Liberals run most union construction so it’s a shit show nowadays

[@РумпельШтильцхен-ш4ы]

Мне на это даже смотреть страшно. Техника безоппсности уровень "бог".

[@АльфредАльфред-я8е]

Наверняка они там "пачками" погибали, но отношение было, как к мухам.

[@РождёнвСССР-й1ж]

Мы до сих пор так работаем

[@РумпельШтильцхен-ш4ы]

@@РождёнвСССР-й1ж ну смотря кто и где, я бы такого работодателя сразу на ху4 послал.

[@РождёнвСССР-й1ж]

@@РумпельШтильцхен-ш4ы Скажу вам карабин застегнутый к лееру может больше бед наделать. Когда на одном месте, тогда да. А если всё время в движении даже наращивание длины стропом не помогает, когда идешь забываешь идет натяжка и ты падаешь назад.А когда скользко вообще беда. Я 20 лет на монтаже. Моя отметка 110 метров. Не большая и не маленькая я знаю о чем говорю.

[@РумпельШтильцхен-ш4ы]

@@РождёнвСССР-й1ж спорить не буду, тема для меня не знакомая, но смотреть на это вот все, реально страшно, особенно на подмости, которые вообще не закреплены, ограждений нет и все это на высоте, где ветра, ужас.

[@rhodsullivan7773]

From a former class A steel erector in 1970s these guys are to be admired. We had a saying, any slip ups the ground will break your fall. 😊

[@mariuszbros2806]

Bez zabezpieczeń wow , wtedy ludzie byli twardsi i nieustraszeni , szacunek dla robotników.

[@gregkeller80]

Some serious balls those guys had.

[@MarkStoneLimited]

i would do it.

[@sluggou812beotch]

I was a bridge painter years ago, did quite a few water tanks too. These videos give me butterflies😳

[@ponytrekker8996]

How many workers have died building the Empire State building they had no fear and no life-saving harnesses. I’m not a construction worker, but these men were truly fearless.

[@roberto0561]

The famous picture where the men are sitting on that steel beam way up high is absolutely incredible, but they knew no better in those days. Safety was a word that didn’t exist in those days. Brave men but many many fell and died also back then.

[@christophercunha7761]

Many many men? 5 total died during construction. FIVE, not many.

[@DL101ca]

They knew, but they weren't entitled like 99% of the people you see mooching off others today. They believed in earning their keep.

[@angeloscalzo7609]

Back then no cranes and real big hearted workers my favorite picture is when they were all sitting down on a iron beam having lunch also from start to finish and brick work inside and out in that amount time completed. Outstanding. And. Amazing

[@johnnyv.5142]

Those with fear of heights need not apply! These were some brave construction workers!

[@livinglife9207]

Wow! Amazingly brave! The Empire is still standing strong almost 100 years later. These men were outstanding! Amazing architecture and construction!

[@viaexcellence]

The fact that only five people died during construction is a miracle.

[@GTTg-kr2xh]

and only 2 of the 5 died from a fall - one from an elevator shaft and one from scaffolding.

[@theodorajuskiw2957]

As well as many unofficial accounts that point to higher numbers apparently

[@bartsimpson7424]

What r u on about ???? Btv 1930-1931 over 40 died.

[@andrewbarrett2685]

@@viaexcellence only 5.

[@ТамараТамара-ж1п]

Настоящие скалолазы ,особенно если учесть ,что они работали совершенно без страховки .А А их качество работы и сегодня поражает .

[@johnetherington782]

It has just taken some workmen nearly four months to create a couple of cycle lanes (which are only about 400 yards long) near to where I live. I am considering leaving a sign nearby which will read "it took less than 18 months to build the Empire State Building so what's your excuse?". It won't do me any good of course but will give me a great deal of satisfaction.

[@DH-tj6tf]

Dam, those Iron Workers must have had balls of Steel! 👍💯

[@alainasaner]

Be appropriate

[@federiconeggia2261]

Che coraggio! Secondo me, sono da ammirare! Braviii 🙂👍👏

[@SmIgorek]

Самое главное строить дом с первого этажа, привыкаешь к высоте постепенно.

[@DimaDima-md1do]

это всё надо будет сносить, сумасшедшие понастроили

[@otto7722]

@@DimaDima-md1do сперва нужно снести все высотки в маскве

[@rel2relrel600]

When they say there's no more real super hero's...Here are real men of steel.

[@markdavis8430]

Plus the fact most of these men where out the night before and still a little tipsy while doing this Is absolutely extraordinary 👌

[@marcweeks9178]

I can hardly watch this without my limbs tingling. I've had dreams where I found myself in precarious places such as this, and I was frozen with fear. At least falling would have at least brought me some relief.

[@jonroux9291]

Certifiably insane. I couldn't do that even in a harness.

[@StrongFreeLovin]

beta!

[@toecutter1015]

Harnesses would actually have caused more problems and deaths

[@The1n0nIy1]

This is amazing. These guys were real men not the permanently offended ones we have these days.

[@fandangobrandango7864]

You mean Ike you being permanently offended?

[@The1n0nIy1]

@@fandangobrandango7864 😂😂😂

[@JohnDoe-ky4qk]

@@fandangobrandango7864 No that's you, buddy boy

[@toecutter1015]

This whole nation is so PUSSIFIED nowadays thanks to the liberals who have got to go

[@wolfgangdevries127]

What did you say? 😊

[@Cripplehorse]

Ot is claimed that only five men died building the ESB. One was hit by a truck so only four on the building itself. Amazing.

[@loscrimefighter1899]

Just watching the video makes my palms sweaty!

[@augustseptember3503]

These amazing guys had no vertigo problems at all! Safety at work Acts were not passed until 1974. I remember in my merchant navy days having to lower a plank 8ft x 2ft over a 40ft drop to a metal floor, to then sit on it without any harness & spend the day painting the wall! We had to lower the plank by a slip knot, get it wrong and you hit the deck within seconds (mind you, that would only ever happen once!) I was a nervous wreck from start to finish, yet the guy the other end of the plank just carried on smoking and chatting all day long as he painted!

[@toecutter1015]

Things aren’t safer today depending where you are

[@Jen-fr4sd]

Absolutely remarkable!! There's not a brave bone in my body in contrast to those fearless men!!! What skill and sacrifice, to say the least.

[@Steve-vf7se]

Wow. It only took one year to build this incredible building. The Chrysler building could've been built the same way, one year too. The empire state building is the iconic and worlds tallest building, before the world trade center. The world trade center, it took since 1968, to 1974. Now I know these things

[@williamgallucci9913]

I'm getting very anxious just watching this these guys were strolling those planks and beans as if the were taking a Sunday stroll in the park wow

[@BBaldwin]

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the fact these guys could keep such good balance, considering the heavy brass balls they were swinging around?

[@freelancerAM]

Respect to all the MEN.... who gave their lives to shelter EVERYONE

[@JeffreyMaldonado-ke6kh]

It's just a wonderful thing be able to see this incredible workers build the most famous building in the world the Empire state building, wath a beautiful moments ❤️

[@nigelwilliams4800]

I,am very Dizzy just watching,braze must be a Awesome view,massive respect guys..

[@MarkStoneLimited]

agree

[@user-uj2tc9dm4t]

Everyone always looks down on construction guys and trades but I love to see videos like this because we can see without the guys and women you look down apon the world wouldn’t exist and nothing built. My heart goes out to the construction personnel who don’t work from home, can’t complain about the Covid numbers like the rest, they push and have no work life balance because of the ones in suites can’t manage and always have to be the construction people who fix the mistakes and finish the job even after all the bad talk, discrimination, can’t use washrooms in office building and make us go down 30 floors to pee and pop. We always push when all others fail to to do their jobs. We the ones who have built the world and will keep doing so in the name of the ones who try to bring us down.

[@Makex_]

I dont think anyone has ever looked down on construction workers

[@mikeyt3784]

Damn, everyone really loves playing the victim nowadays. Construction workers are not discriminated against lol. People are well aware that things wouldn't be built if there weren't laborers to do it lol. If you're jealous of the people in the "suites" then maybe you should have made better life decisions and worked to be one of them instead of settling for manual labor. Your victim mentality is pathetic.

[@СергейВозов-ш7ъ]

Я сам промышленный альпинис,с двенадцатилетним стажем,много интересных и очень опасных объектов было,но глядя на этих дядек я нахожусь в таком шоке....😬

[@ЗдрастеЭтоЯ]

Я не знал что так можно, и так могут , и так строили , снимаю шляпу перед ними ! Мужики с железными яйцами !Вот как раньше люди зарабатывали!!!! А сейчас обосался в прямом эфире , и на утро ,ты уже звезда !! 🌟

[@МихаилИванов-ж7э1х]

В моих представлениях самое страшное выкладывать вручную кирпичную трубу производственной котельной и в конце дня спускаться по металлической скобе, которую сам же и заложил.... Просто помню старое видео, где парень залез по скобам на огромную трубу и прошелся по тонкому краю кирпичной кладки..... Все тогда его обезбашенным героем назвали, а я подумал, что кто то же строил эту трубу и лазил так каждый день без страховки

[@СергейВозов-ш7ъ]

@@МихаилИванов-ж7э1х согласен полностью,я глядя на старые трубы выложенные из кирпича всегда об этом задумывался.....

[@bardakabrama5825]

а у меня аж яйца похолодели от увиденного

[@СергейВозов-ш7ъ]

@@bardakabrama5825 🤯

[@countalucard4226]

I worked in the Carpenters Union and I also never got over my fear of heights. Building scaffolds always bothered me. Once we had to work laying down planks with a highway below us with lots of traffic. Another time we had to stand on a plank under a bridge with the water hundreds of feet below.

[@davidbatin1699]

They were walking high up on narrow beams as if it was only 3 feet off the ground. They got balls.

[@DL101ca]

People have died falling off a chair...distance didn't matter.

[@el.aye.bee.4477]

@@DL101ca distance DOES matter when it comes to working comfortably. It's much easier to work at ground level on a full floor surface than it is to work at anything above 4 or five feet while standing on steel beams or wooden planks. It takes a lot of getting used to.

[@ttdenadaabba2149]

These GUYS were the real men! NO QUESTIONS ASKED. This unbelievably insane 😳

[@rosequartz2290]

America doesn't want real men anymore, liberals say it's misogynistic

[@toecutter1015]

No talking either just working

[@Mike20216]

Just wow, Amazing tough, courageous yes all of that, I admire that generation so much, the best

[@ronsimpson7596]

no cell phones, no computers, hand signals hoisting materials over 1000 feet in the air, virtually no safety gear of any kind, remarkable effort and completed in record time.

[@martm216]

As someone who gets an attack of vertigo on the fourth rung of a step-ladder, it's quite beyond me how these men did that. Like someone said, their nerves must have been stronger than the girders they're working with.

[@kenediii_ryan]

I'm exactly the same, I literally cannot go up ladders! 😩

[@bronney]

They had to photoshop out their balls as they hung all the way down to ground floor from there.

[@schwaggybammer968]

Nah..just sheer stupidity...bunch of dumbass idiots built that ish..

[@schwaggybammer968]

@@kenediii_ryan cause you're a p p p u s s y?...

[@toecutter1015]

@@bronneythat’s pretty funny

[@obedgonzalez3513]

Woooo there’s no more people like them much respect

[@codered2224]

I'm sure there is but with today's standards. We will never see them

[@scarabeobop]

These guys were iron workers from the Mohawk Native American tribe and were called " Skywalkers". They worked "high steel" helping to build many of the NYC skyscrapers, and elsewhere. Incredibly brave people.

[@javiermendez8844]

These men are some very very special men to be able to go so high with no harness and not one little bit of being scared that is incredible

[@monti1472]

Mis respetos a esta gente. Me saco el sombrero.

[@mr.roaddogwade7107]

Some of the hard ass working Americans building America. These men were incredible. The work they did was incredible and it will live on . 👊🏼🇺🇸

[@donjohnson7899]

God bless the American Indian

[@RunWhilstYouCan]

These guys are European immigrants they weren't born in America

[@mr.roaddogwade7107]

@@RunWhilstYouCan lol , yeah so we’re my ancestors. They all came here to become Americans.

[@pamjacot5801]

Fantastic courageous men. All my respect to them all.

[@LucasCamel-k5w]

I have 18 yrs doing construction but nothing compared to this tremendous workers they are another superior level

[@jameshodge960]

Absolutely unforgettable and truly unique ! The days when men were real men ! 👍🔥💪🙉🙏💎🏆

[@ВладимирКоломейцев-е6ф]

интересно, какая статистика по численности сорвавшихся вниз по завершению строительства этого небоскрёба, наверняка много народу полегло без парашютов

[@piedpiper7462]

5 человек. В видео промелькнула эта информация на 1:40! Не уточняется правда при падении или...

[@ВладимирКоломейцев-ы7у]

@@piedpiper7462 не удивлюсь, если в этих 5 есть те у кого сердечко рвануло от вида того, как эти отчаянные люди ходят без страховки по узким конструкциям, как по асфальту

[@ВладимирКоломейцев-е6ф]

@@Упавшийспечки да ну на

[@ВладимирКоломейцев-е6ф]

@@Упавшийспечки 6000!!!!!! их что там скидывали что-ли? 60 - много, а тут 6000

[@nicoleangel4383]

How can this be real footage of the construction of the Empire State Building when the camera pans out at 1:03 and shows the Empire State Building across from them?

[@typeabnegative1]

Don’t ask questions

[@adriantiley6660]

It's the Chrysler Building at 1:03.

[@nicoleangel4383]

@adriantiley6660 Oh, is it? Ok, I stand corrected. There's so many. I get them all mixed up. Lol

[@massimilianodecesare3533]

Absolutely amazing!!! They were skilled and brave, and much more of just this. They teach us today how not blame the work conditions of our times. They accomplished to end the construction of the Empire State Building, in just one year and 45 days. The building I live in, is under renovation from last year, and they will end working only in June ... There is no comparison with the majesty of this one!!!