Editing Petronas Towers (section)

===Notable events===

* On 15 April 1999, [[Felix Baumgartner]] set the world record for [[BASE jumping]] (since broken) by jumping off a window cleaning crane on the Petronas Towers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crerar |first=Simon |date=15 October 2012 |title=Planes, Caves and Skyscrapers Among Fearless Skydiver Felix Baumgartner's Fabulous Feats |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/planes-caves-and-skyscrapers-among-fearless-skydiver-felix-baumgartners-fabulous-feats-ng-b468ebc985a31f2b3d44b9fd6a3b1de2 |access-date=16 February 2022 |website=PerthNow}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Petronas Towers (451 Meters), Malaysia |url=http://www2.felixbaumgartner.com/index.php?id=54&tx_ttnews%5bpS%5d=915145200&tx_ttnews%5bpL%5d=31535999&tx_ttnews%5barc%5d=1&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=48&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=33&cHash=7c1597d667 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922072134/http://felixbaumgartner.com/index.php?id=54&tx_ttnews[pS]=915145200&tx_ttnews[pL]=31535999&tx_ttnews[arc]=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=48&tx_ttnews[backPid]=33&cHash=7c1597d667 |archive-date=22 September 2010 |access-date=21 October 2012 |website=felixbaumgartner.com |publisher=Felix Baumgartner }}</ref>
* Thousands of people were evacuated on 12 September 2001 after a bomb threat the day after the [[September 11 attacks]] destroyed the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] towers in New York City. Bomb disposal squads found no explosives in the towers, but they nevertheless evacuated the premises. Workers and shoppers were allowed to return three hours later, around noon. No one was hurt during the evacuation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yoong |first=Sean |date=12 September 2001 |title=World's Tallest Towers, IBM Building in Malaysia Evacuated After Threats |work=Lubbock Online: The Avalanche Journal |agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.avalanchejournal.com/stories/091201/upd_worldevacs.shtml |access-date=11 January 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719154930/http://www.avalanchejournal.com/stories/091201/upd_worldevacs.shtml |archive-date=19 July 2012}}</ref>
* On the evening of 4 November 2005, a fire broke out in the [[Tanjong Golden Village|cinema complex]] of the Suria KLCC shopping centre below the Petronas Towers, triggering panic among patrons. There were no reports of injuries. The buildings were largely empty, except the shopping mall, Suria KLCC, because of the late hour; the only people involved were moviegoers and some diners in restaurants.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 November 2005 |title=Fire Forces Evacuation at Malaysia Towers |work=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/04/ap/world/mainD8DLSFK00.shtml |access-date=11 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207081700/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/04/ap/world/mainD8DLSFK00.shtml |archive-date=7 December 2008}}</ref>
* On the morning of 1 September 2009, French urban climber [[Alain Robert|Alain "Spiderman" Robert]], using only his bare hands and feet and with no safety devices, scaled to the top of Tower Two in just under 2 hours after two previous efforts had ended in arrest.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 September 2009 |title='Spiderman' Scales Malaysia Tower |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8231076.stm |access-date=11 January 2011}}</ref> In his first attempt on 20 March 1997, police arrested him at the 60th floor, 28 floors away from the "summit". His second attempt, on 20 March 2007, exactly 10 years later, was also stopped on the same floor, though on the other tower.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 March 2007 |title='Spiderman' Has Another Go at Twin Tower |work=The Star Online |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/21/nation/17205712&sec=nation |access-date=11 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622031327/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F3%2F21%2Fnation%2F17205712&sec=nation |archive-date=22 June 2011 }}</ref>