Dick Nowakowski to paraglide off of Buffalo City Hall

On July 17, 2007, renowned stuntman and free-form dancer A. Dick Nowakowski will launch his paraglider from the top of Buffalo City Hall in support of battered kidneys. Having spent the past two years in a tunnel under McElroy Park in Jamestown, North Dakota in a misguided attempt to burrow to Fargo by hand, Mr. Nowakowski is back above ground and ready to leap into the public spotlight, both literally and figuratively.

Nowakowski spokesperson Hank White confirmed that Mr. Nowakowski would be flying the “Wings of Dick”, a hang-glider crafted by A. Dick himself as part of a grade nine science fair project. The July 17 event will be the maiden flight of the glider, which is crafted from recycled tissue and string on a rectangular frame crafted from several tree branches. Mr. Nowakowksi's good friends in the Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus will provide a musical backdrop to the event. Mr. White was unable to provide details of Mr. Nowakowski’s planned course, although noted that he would be bringing his passport in case prevailing winds take him across the border.

While he did not attend the press conference due to ongoing complications arising from scurvy contracted underground, Mr. Nowakowski did send a prepared statement to be read by White. “I thank all of you for attending this press conference which I myself did not attend. Good for all of you. I have long been a big supporter of the fight against battered kidneys and can assure you that all of this will make a difference one day. As I am soaring over the beautiful city of Buffalo on July 17 to the soulful sound of my good friends in the Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus, and perhaps over the Niagara River and perhaps over Lake Erie depending on updrafts, I will remember each and every one of you that were here today, though I could not be.”

When contacted after the press conference, Stuart Rudner, a permit clerk at Buffalo City Hall stated that he was unaware of the planned flight and was certain that no application for the stunt had been submitted as “I would remember something like that”. When pressed as to whether he would support Mr. Nowakowski’s flight off of the building, Mr. Rudner stated “I can’t comment on that absent the submission of an application, but what do you think?”

Donations to the A. Dick Fights Battered Kidneys Fund can be made through the Andre Le Singe Foundation or at any Addition-elle location in the Niagara Peninsula.