Omar Locklear stumbled across stuntman fame quite by accident. He was originally a pilot in the US Army Air Service during World War I where he found himself walking out on his wings to perform repairs mid-flight. After leaving the military he discovered he could use his talent to entertain the masses and thus gave birth to a popular daredevil pastime.
#22, "...engineers had worked out the fall of the facade so that the window would be in just the right spot to miss Buster, but it was far from an exact science and any deviation in the fall of the facade would have probably killed him. Buster, who was dealing with severe depression at the time, was indifferent to the danger." -guitcad1 on youtube