Skyscraperman

Skyscraperman is a 2010 memoir of Dan Goodwin, written by Dan Goodwin and co-written / edited by D. B. Guidinger. Dan Goodwin, an American rock climber known as SpiderDan, in the 1980s donned a Spider-Man suit and successfully scaled the outside of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Sears Tower, the John Hancock Center, and the North Tower of New York's World Trade Center. According to Goodwin, the reason he climbed tall buildings was to call attention to the inability of fire departments to conduct firefighting and rescue operations in the upper floors of skyscrapers.
Skyscraperman tells of SpiderDan's experiences on the buildings, including his battles with the many obstacles, both natural and human, as well as his motivations, training regimen, and various aspects of his personal life. The book segues to 9/11 at the World Trade Center as viewed on television through the eyes of SpiderDan, describing not only his reaction to seeing the building he scaled collapse, but also his thoughts on watching the scenario he had forewarned play out in real time.
The book's appendix includes 'The Skyscraper Defense Act', Dan Goodwin's comprehensive view of what must be incorporated in current and future skyscrapers in order to prevent a repeat of what occurred in New York on September 11, 2001.
The foreword to Skyscraperman is written by Stan Lee, the co-creator of Spider-Man.

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