on a piece of metal on the observation deck of the South Tower, which was still visible until the tower was destroyed on September 11, 2001. The stunt paved the way for appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Good Morning America, The Merv Griffin Show, and ABC's Wide World of Sports. He also got jobs as a stuntman on The Six Million Dollar Man, Trauma Center, and Hollywood Beat' George Willig and Jerry Hewitt climbed the Unisphere in Queens in 1976. In 1979, he published a book called Going It Alone (). During the 1990s, Willig lived in California's San Fernando Valley, working as a remodeler of commercial buildings. After the 9/11 attacks that destroyed both towers of the World Trade Center, Mr. Willig publicly said he regretted climbing the tower, as his actions may have brought them to the attention of terrorists. But he later told CNN that was just an initial, emotional reaction and that he was still glad to have climbed the tower. See also Harry Gardiner Dan Goodwin Ivan Kristoff Philippe Petit Owen Quinn Alain Robert References Gillespie, Angus K. Twin Towers the Life of New York City's World Trade Center Rutgers University Press 1999 Glanz, James and Eric Lipton. City in the Sky''. New York: Times Book, 2003. External links Urban climbers Living people 1949 births