Ten Meter Tower | NYT Op-Docs

When he says "see you in heaven", he actually says 'Nangijala' instead of heaven. Nangijala is an Edenic afterlife in Swedish author Astrid Lindgren's book "The brothers lionheart" in which the two titular brothers jump from the second or third-story window of their burning home to escape the flames. The elder dies of the fall and travels to Nangijala, while the other survives but joins him not so long after since he dies of a fever. I just thought it was beautifully put by Linus, and since they understandably did not include this in their translation I thought I'd write it here.

I love the older lady who was about to go back down but who went back to jump. She's one of these people who refuses defeat.

this turned out to be far more interesting than expected.

Can we acknowledge what a great person Frida is? Linus is way more scared than she is, but instead of showing him up she says the perfect things to encourage him without making him feel like he'd be weak if he backed out. The way she played it, Linus came away thinking like he was the brave one, and Frida just followed him because he showed her it would be OK. But that's not at all what actually happened if you pay close attention. What happened was that Frida basically orchestrated the situation so that Linus would come away with the maximally positive feelings, which included playing up her own fear. Once Linus was off the platform and she made sure she wouldn't land on him she just went, and she even copied Linus's scream. This way he would feel not like the one strange kid who screamed but as the leader who was followed. This is basically pure empathy caught on video, and it's really just charming.

I’m so glad that older woman came back up the ladder when she was about to chicken out. Respect

Seriously that older lady, my hero, she walked down the stairs and STOPPED her self, no one to back her up, and got back up and jumped. Just.. that's life right there!

The conversation between Frida and Linus was so entertaining, sounded like a script. Actually watching all these people was so fascinating, i mean like seeing human's reaction in front of situations where your primordial instinct shows up, it's magical and profound, so good! Loved it! And I also loved the fact that for the majority of the time we do not see the height of the jump, because the height itself it's not important, it's even more educative seeing the pure physical reaction. Seeing the height would have make it less captivating, It's the "not knowing" and the obscurity of things that makes things hypnotizing, cause your imagination it's free to contextualize them.

I clicked on this because I thought it might be quite interesting and in the end, it made me strangely emotional. I laughed out loud when they were talking about their knees and teared up when the elderly woman changed her mind, climbed back up and jumped. You get to see their friendships, bromances, self-confidence and courage. What a great project and video. Thank you!

Legend says the strength of Linus and Frida's relationship was forged through trial by fire in the depths of IKEA.

If you're nervous just imagine the pool is naked.

It's crazy how much their "fear vs drive" emotions was projected onto me. This is an awesome video..

Crossing that "Fear Threshold" for the first time is a life-changing experience, whether it's a 10-meter jump into a pool, the first skydive, holding a spider when you're deathly afraid of spiders, fighting a martial arts tournament the first time when you've always been bone-deep afraid of physical conflict, or confronting WHATEVER makes you curl into a ball. The first is always the hardest. All my life, I was terrified of speaking in public. I would do absolutely anything to get out of it. Now, after crossing - and re-crossing - that significant threshold, I now speak to groups as a normal part of my job. I'm still scared, but no longer debilitatingly terrified. I watch this video and have the utmost respect for everyone who got on the platform, whether they jumped or not. Sometimes, just looking into the abyss serves as a significant step toward eventually crossing that fear threshold.

The best: the woman who started down the stairs and came back. The young girl at the beginning who just went for it. Linus and frida being the best couple ever.

Frida is not afraid, she is giving Linus every opportunity to prove himself to her. I’m glad he did it!

Its actually easy. Just imagine there is no water in the pool

Linus wanted to challenge himself. Frida just wanted her man to be fulfilled.

There is something so incredibly poetic about the older woman in the one-piece. Everything inside her was telling her not to jump, so much so that she decided it wasn't worth the risk, yet at the moment when she was about to give up, she realized that regret is so much stronger than fear. It was really breathtaking if I'm honest.

Frida and the guy were so nervous but she just yeeted herself over it, zero hesitation, after he did it

1:35, this girl is a legend. I feel that not enough people are talking about her, she was bravier than most of the adults that are shown in this video. Go Queen! 👑

Going back down the ladder is more scary than jumping