Twelve, two, seven, or none?
BEFORE WORK
STARTED, AN
ACTUARIAL FIRM
PREDICTED 13
WORKERS WOULD
BE KILLED DURING
CONSTRUCTION OF
THE GATEWAY ARCH.
HOW MANY WORKERS
ACTUALLY DIED?
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ANSWER: NONE. HOWEVER, IN 1980
A FATAL ACCIDENT CLAIMED THE LIFE
OF A PARACHUTIST WHOSE TWO-PART
STUNT WENT AWRY. HE’D MANAGED
TO LAND SAFELY ATOP THE ARCH AND
FROM THERE INTENDED TO BASE JUMP
TO THE GROUND USING A SECOND
PARACHUTE. THAT CHUTE FAILED.