Addition to the West Antenna Tower. Sears Building, Chicago, Illinois. Sunday, June 4th 2000

Amazing how these guys have the guts to work on top of tower !

As a pilot, I am not afraid of heights. When I watch these men though, I'm a complete coward. Watching these guys, I was afraid my heart was going to stop working.

un real how high they can take these antenas the guy on the platform must be the craziest to do that

They must to be a different breed

surprised they dont just send em up with parachutes on their backs. Sure they have 2 or 3 fall arrest systems in place but just for that added piece of mind, here's a parachute too..

*Gets all the way to the top* ...
"Oh fuck I forgot to punch in for the day.."

There,s not Enough money in this world to pay me to do that work nerves of steel , People in studios getting mega money for sitting on their AZZZ and talking trash , What Brave Workers installing the Antenna , Thanks Guys .

God bless them. Balls of steel.

Amazing video!! Wow

Those are some brave men I take my head off to them. They deserve every dollar they get in quadruple more.

It seems to me that at one point the component is attached to both the structure and the helicopter at the same time. Therefore, the helicopter is actually attached to the building. I'm guessing that it's really important to get the component firmly attached to the building so that the helicopter can be cut loose as soon as possible.

Just watching this kind of thing makes my testicles hurt (seriously).

Im surprised that having balls of steel that big isnt illegal....

it's a wonder the building don't collapse under the weight of these guys Massively heavy Balls

I can't lie fuck that noooo way in hell could I do that bravo to you guys with balls bigger then watermelon's

Mazing am lost for words and that doesn't happen often

Who else gets dizzy just watching this on TV?🙋🏾‍♂️

Good thing they’re wearing their hard hats

Why was the very top wobbling?????

Makes me uneasy

Those guys definitely have Balls of Steel!! I Absolutely Salute Them!!🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

That was more intense than camping 😨

Guys are great. Had the pleasure to sub work for Chicago Tower-leasing some years ago. Run by Stan Stann......may he rest in piece.

Met a guy one that did this type of work, he said the most dangerous part is landing the components together. Nothing is scarier than the moment you come in contact with it until the copter is released and clear

How many of those guys up there are LGBTQ?
When men were allowed to be men!

Thanks for the video those boys have no fear

It’s good to know there are jobs available for crazy people. There’s about a 0% chance I’d climb on the base level of that antenna, much less the section on top installed a few minutes earlier.

I would’ve guessed this video was recorded 1989-1990 ish. It looks older than 2000.

I’m not typically afraid of heights but this is insane. These guys are something else altogether. From a human standpoint i don’t understand how some people can mind over matter tasks like these it’s truly fascinating to me. Chicago born and raised resident here. I was happy to see the title refer the building as Sears. The Willis Tower is just strange to hear even now after knowing it as the Sears Tower my entire youth.

These are MEN !!!!

I was the last guy up the mast of my Destroyer, as we were preparing to turn the ship over to Allied Command duty. The Russians forced us to change the 18 aircraft warning light bulbs (covered BY a very heavy 20" x 1 inch thick Ruby Glass / Fresnel lens balanced on my lap on the main mast..., swinging out over the water on anchor in the Sea Lane as their entire Rusian Navy and Cargo ships came by to swing me over the ocean with my mast at 17 degree rolls ( SNOWING ) in Istanbul Turkey, the Bosporus.. They tried to kill me for about 2 and a half hours. Try that TOWER GUYS... LMAO only TODAY. The Russians mean business at Sea, especially that BLACK SEA of theirs.......!

Women are stronger than men😊

I would not even be the old fat guy hanging around...LOL

Sometimes...how can you NOT admire humanity (and, those men up there..)

Good to see that men like those with the guts to build this greatest country are still amongst us!

Steel kohonies 🤙

GOD BLESS THOSE WORKERS

Those guys working up there have some serious balls.

My generation

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I still can’t understand how their huge balls don’t get in the way while doing this work!

Who’s going to change that “ONE” light bulb?

I’m willing to bet nobody with a window view got any work done while this was going on.

Nobody has been higher than that guy on top of the antenna at the making of this video atleast

That is a whole lot of “Oh, 🤬 no!” crammed into a 22 minute video. 😳😲😬🤯