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Hair-raising photos show a tourist left dangling from a glass bridge in China — after it was shattered by gale-force winds.
The man remained stranded precariously Friday on the more than 300-foot-tall span on Piyan Mountain in the northeastern city of Longjing, the Straits Times reported.
Winds approaching 100 mph broke the bridge apart, sending large sections of its glass deck plummeting about 12:45 p.m., according to the news outlet.
The man managed to crawl to safety about a half-hour later with the help of firefighters, police and tourism workers. He was taken to a hospital, where he received psychological counseling after the vertiginous ordeal.
Although no casualties were reported, the incident drew a lot of attention online amid the increasing popularity of glass bridges in China. The terrifying image of the tourist has been viewed over four million times on Twitter-like Sina Weibo.
“This is exactly why I dare not step on a bridge like that,” one user wrote on Weibo.
“How often did the bridge undergo maintenance?” another asked.
As of late 2016, at least 60 glass bridges had been or were being built across the country, the Straits Times reported, citing Earth magazine published by the Geological Museum of China.
Some local governments have established safety guidelines, according to the report.
In 2018, North China’s Hebei Province released technical standards for glass bridges and walkways, providing guidelines for materials, location, design and construction.
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