World Trade Center skydivers 'sullied' 9/11 memories

August 11, 2015 00:18

Two base jumpers who skydived off the World Trade Center "sullied the memories" of victims of the 9/11 attacks, a New York judge said today, slapping them with hefty sentences of community service.

Steel worker James Brady, 33 and carpenter Andrew Rossig, 34, were ordered to carry out 250 and 200 hours of community service respectively, and each fined USD 2,000 in the state Supreme Court.

They had faced up to two years in jail for their daring night-time stunt in September 2013, the video of which sparked an Internet sensation.

The jump exposed lax security at the new World Trade Center, built on part of the site destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terror attacks and an emblem of the city's rejuvenation.

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