Trader-Gazette writer Julie Hohman and her dad, Roger Rollo, step out onto a 1 ½ inch-thick clear glass ledge atop the Willis Tower (former Sears Tower) during a trip to Chicago in October. The ledge stands 1,353 feet above the city and extends four feet outside the building’s 103rd floor. “My legs were rubbery but I was slowly able to gingerly back out onto the ledge,” said Julie who is afraid of heights and wasn’t even planning to go up in the tower let alone out on the ledge. “This is higher than we flew in the Tin Goose,” remarked a jubilant Roger. (Julie’s article about her and Roger’s ride on the Tin Goose on Roger’s 80th birthday appeared in the Fall Issue of the T-G.) Roger’s advice atop the Willis Tower, the second highest building in the United States: Don’t look down.

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