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What a rush: AP reporter zip lines off the Eiffel Tower

PARIS (AP) – What could possibly go wrong?

I was 122 meters (400 feet) up on the Eiffel Tower, with Paris spread out in all its glory in miniature beneath me. And it was my turn to jump.

Gulp.

The opportunity to zip line from the world’s most-visited tower seemed too good to turn down. Until I tried it.

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