on 5 october 2004 during chinese national day holiday, a multi-national group of base jumpers who were invited by the shanghai sports bureau leapt from the top of the tower. the next day, roland simpson leapt from the jin mao building, the tallest skyscraper in china at the time, in a wingsuit. after a good jump and flight, his parachute opened with multiple line twists making it difficult to steer and he crashed onto an adjacent building. he went into a coma. he was then returned to australia, where he died from his injuries in canberra hospital at 2:30pm aest on 22 october 2004. he is number 85, on the base fatality list.