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   A California family visiting the Willis Tower in Chicago said   
   they heard the glass flooring on its 103rd floor Skydeck begin   
   to crack Wednesday night while they were taking in views of the   
   city.   
      
   A spokesman from the building said the sound came from the   
   coating on the glass and the family was never in danger, The   
   Chicago Sun-Times reported.   
      
   "Occasionally this happens, but that's because we designed it   
   this way," he told the paper. "Whatever happened last night is a   
   result of the protective coating doing what it’s designed to."   
      
   Moments before the family walked out onto the Skydeck, they say   
   they were reassured by staffers that the window flooring was   
   unbreakable.   
      
   "I had my palms on the floor and I could feel it cracking,"   
   Alejandro Garibay, 23, told The Chicago Tribune. "Honestly, I   
   was in shock, in disbelief. I was scared."   
      
   Garibay was watching fireworks at the Navy Pier.   
      
   "It was an awesome view.  We were getting up and walking away   
   and for some reason I thought it would be cool to get a picture   
   of my cousins and brother. . .Then we started getting off and,   
   as we push ourselves off, I could feel it cracking," he said.   
      
   There are four glass enclosures called The Ledge, which opened   
   in 2009 and give tourists the feeling of standing suspended in   
   air.   
      
   The balconies are suspended 1,353 feet above the ground and jut   
   out 4 feet from the building. They're actually more like boxes   
   than balconies, with transparent walls, floor and ceiling.   
   Visitors are treated to unobstructed views of Chicago from the   
   building's west side and a heart-stopping vista of the street   
   and Chicago River below -- for those brave enough to look   
   straight down.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/05/29/chicago-skydeck-on-103rd-   
   floor-begins-to-crack-under-family/   
      
       
      
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