In 2009, UK's Channel 4 television documentary Daredevils: The Human Bird focused on explaining Corliss's daredevil attitude in facing his fears and culminated in a dramatic leap in a wingsuit from a helicopter 600 feet over the Matterhorn with a flight that brought him within feet of the summit which he maintained down the entire 3,000-foot descent off the ridge. Corliss was later permanently banned from the Empire State Building. This sentence was affirmed in January 2009. Ambrecht of State Supreme Court in Manhattan, on the basis that Corliss "was experienced and careful enough to jump off a building without endangering his own life or anyone else's". As a result, Corliss received three years' probation and 100 hours' community service, which was at one point overturned by Justice Michael R. In April 2006, Corliss attempted to BASE jump off the observation deck of the Empire State Building, while wearing a camera, but was restrained by building security and arrested by the NYPD. Corliss had to take evasive action to avoid colliding with Weston's body. Instead, Weston impacted the bridge at an estimated speed of 120 mph (190 km/h) which caused his death. Corliss was to fly under the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado, while Weston was meant to pass over it. In October 2003, Corliss was teamed to jump with his best friend, Australian BASE jumper Dwain Weston, at the inaugural Go Fast Games. His parachute opening was asymmetric and he could not avoid flying into the downpouring water. In 1999, Corliss had a near-fatal BASE jump into the Howick Falls, in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
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