A: There are always adventurers who want to conquer Taipei 101 as a world-class landmark. Didn’t someone once parachute from the top of it?
B: Yeah, that’s right. Austrian extreme sportsman Felix Baumgartner once parachuted from the rooftop observation deck in 2007 without permission. He died earlier last year in a powered paragliding crash at the age of 56.
A: Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise also almost jumped off Taipei 101 for “Mission Impossible 3.”
Photo: Liberty Times 照片：自由時報
B: What? But I didn’t see the building in the movie.
A: The news says that the film’s producers applied to the Taipei City Government but received no reply. So they had to move the scene to Shanghai’s Jin Mao Tower — it’s such a pity.
A: 常有冒險家想征服台北101這座世界級地標，不是還有人從頂樓跳傘下來？
B: 對啊奧地利極限運動家菲力克斯包加納曾在2007年 ，未經許可就從頂樓觀景台跳傘而下。可惜他去年因機動滑翔傘意外猝逝，當時享年56歲。
A: 好萊塢巨星湯姆克魯斯在拍攝《不可能的任務3》時，也差點從台北101跳下。
B: 真的嗎？《不可能3》裡沒看到台北101啊。
A: 據說該片曾向台北市政府提出申請，但被市政府已讀不回，才將場景移至上海金茂大廈，真是太可惜啦！
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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