The Falling Lawyer
Police said a lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a downtown
Toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane with his shoulder and plunged
24 floors to his death.
A police spokesman said Garry Hoy, 39, fell into the courtyard of the
Toronto Dominion Bank Tower early Friday evening as he was explaining
the strength of the building's windows to visiting law students.
Hoy previously had conducted demonstrations of window strength according
to police reports. Peter Lauwers, managing partner of the firm Holden
Day Wilson, told the Toronto Sun newspaper that Hoy was ``one of the
best and brightest'' members of the 200-man association.
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