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Lawyer threw himself at window to prove it was unbreakable but fell 24 floors to death

Garry Hoy, a highly-regarded employee at Toronto law firm Holden Day Wilson, wanted to demonstrate the sturdiness of the windows of the Financial District skyscraper

A top lawyer threw himself at his office window to try to demonstrate the glass was unbreakable – but plunged 24 floors to his death.

With today being the 30th anniversary of Garry Hoy’s death, Mirror looks back at the tragedy, which occurred as the 38-year-old man attempted to prove to a group of students in the office the windows were sturdy.

But, after he hurled himself at one, the window frame gave way – not the glass itself – and the corporate and securities law specialist fell to the ground in Toronto, Canada.

He was a highly-regarded employee at Holden Day Wilson, which had an office on the 24th floor of a skyscraper, built in 1969, in the city’s Financial District.

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