Florida man base jumps from 22nd floor of building

A video on Twitter appears to show a man base jumping from the 55 West building in downtown Orlando.

The video was posted Thursday morning with the caption: "Only in Florida is someone crazy enough to jump off the 22nd story of a building with a parachute."

Someone in the background can be heard saying, “He made it,” as the jumper landed safely.

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The building is 32 stories high.

Orlando police said they were not aware of the incident and they don’t know when it happened.

No one was cited or arrested.

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