New YorkerestEssential reads from every New Yorker issue
July 31, 1995
Featured Pick
high stakes dept.
The Peculiar Precautions and Rigors of Guerrilla Bungee-Jumping
William Finnegan
The Talk of the Town by William Finnegan, from 1995: High above the East River, on a dark maintenance platform under a well-known bridge, eight people take the plunge.