My Spot in the World

As long as I can remember I’ve known that the tallest construction on earth is the Warsaw Radio Mast in Poland. With a height of 646 meters it’s way taller than both the CN Tower in Toronto (553 m), Sears Tower in Chicago (527 m to top of antenna) and the newly built Taipei 101 in Taiwan (509 m to top of spire). 

Today I read an article on Wikipedia about the present construction of the Burj Dubai skyscraper. The current height of the tower is 512 m – 3 meters higher than the current highest skyscraper in the world, Taipei 101.

I didn’t even know about this project, still I think it’s very interesting with skyscrapers… I’m a little amazed that I’ve managed to completely miss the project in Dubai.

I followed some links on Wikipedia about tall buildings and structures, and eventually the shock was on me. The Warsaw Radio Mast collapsed in August 1991 – almost 16 years ago. I didn’t know that, I’ve been living in a false world for sixteen years!

The mast collapsed during maintenance work with the wires that keeps the mast stable. Two responsible persons on the firm, which maintained the mast, were sentenced to 2 respective 2.5 years for causing the catastrophe.