VIDEO: Giant falling clock from Purdue University's Bell Tower narrowly misses repairmen

Thursday, November 29, 2018
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- New video shows the moment one of the clock faces from the Purdue University Bell Tower came crashing down in West Lafayette, Indiana.

No one was hurt, but it was a close call for two repair workers that were standing on a cherry picker lift near the top of the brick tower.
[Ads /]
Yang Yu shared video of the incident on Instagram.

It shows the clock dangling above the workers before becoming detached from a crane, bouncing off the basket and plummeting to the ground.
[Ads /]
The is video making its rounds across social media with many sharing clock puns like "time turned fragile" and "the Purdue clock tower is having a rough time."
Copyright © 2024 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.