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Owen J. Quinn
Owen J. Quinn (born 1941 in the Bronx, New York) was the first person to successfully parachute off one of the World Trade Center towers. He did this on July 22, 1975.
==The beginning==
In an interview with C. J. Sullivan of the ''New York Press'', Quinn claims that his first memories were of "how it all got bad very quick". His mother grew sick and was hospitalized for a long stretch of time and finances for the family were low so his father had to place him and his sister in an orphanage for six years. Later on, when his mother got well, the family moved to Highbridge together. Even though things were looking up, they were still tough. Quinn got into trouble running the streets of Highbridge and hated school (he went to two different high schools), so at only 15 years of age he began working.
After traveling the world (twice), marriage (in 1962) and a tour of duty with the Merchant Navy in Vietnam (in 1966), Quinn decided to settle down after his first child was born, and went into construction. He soon got a job with the dock builders' union, working at the World Trade Center. He claims to have been inspired after seeing a model of the WTC, not paying much attention to the grandness of such an architectural achievement, but the great BASE jumping opportunity that it offered. By that time, Quinn had long ago had his first taste of parachuting and absolutely loved it and wanted to die doing it. So, with more than 850 jumps and a jump-master license under his belt in July 1975, he was ready.
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