'Terrifying' Glass Slide Hangs 1K Feet Above LA

And you can ride it for $33
By Arden Dier,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 24, 2016 9:56 AM CDT

Think China's glass bridge is a bit freaky? Check out this video of AP reporter Amanda Lee Myers sliding down a glass slide. Did we mention it's 1,000 feet above the ground? The 45-foot Skyslide, as it's known, connects the 69th and 70th floors of the US Bank Tower in Los Angeles and will be open to the public Saturday (for a $33 fee) after a $50 million renovation. But a warning from Myers in her first-person account: It's "utterly terrifying" and "nearly a straight shot down." (Read more Los Angeles stories.)

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