An 82-year-old retired schoolteacher and semi-professional photographer captured two men taking selfies at the top of a twin 30-story tower in Manhattan, New York City, on 17 March.

Jeff French Segall was in the living room of his 27th-floor condominium unit when his wife noticed the daredevils from the window and alerted him.

Segall took shots of the men separately perched at dizzying heights on the El Dorado tower, first with his iPhone and then with his Nikon camera, the New York Post (NYP) reported.

Segall sold some of the death-defying snaps of the men to the online news outlet West Side Rag, which published them. He was unable to identify the adrenaline junkies, who barely had enough room to stand while holding a selfie stick as they dangled — and even laid across — the towers’ peaks.

When the luxury building’s management team saw the photos online, it sent a message to shareholders denying there were intruders and claiming that the photos were deepfakes or produced with artificial intelligence.

Earlier, another daredevil performed his own stunt at the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival in Indio, California.

Chachi Valencia, known as The Rocketman, is a world-renowned human cannonball. His performance on 2 March shocked his audience not only because he flew 65 feet in the air at 55 miles per hour after being fired from a massive cannon but also because of how he landed.

Valencia was supposed to land on the net perched 20 feet off the ground, but a gust of wind pushed him off course and propelled him toward the edge of the cushion. He bounced on the net, his body spinning in the air, and then fell hard to the ground, NYP reported.

The circus performer blacked out on impact. He suffered broken ribs, a wrist injury, and a lacerated liver from the mishap. He was rushed to the hospital.

Valencia, who regained consciousness in the ambulance, is now recovering from his Texas home, his son David told NYT.