The man struck New Yorkers with parkour: it turned out that this is his job and he jumps on the roofs all the time

An intrepid man seen jumping from loft to loft on the roof of a historic Manhattan skyscraper said the videotaped stunt was a normal thing for him, reports New York Post.

Joe Smizaski, director of operations at the Financial District building at 90 West St., is amazed that his video has gone viral. It shows Joe in a suit and tie jumping between dormers atop a 304-foot building.

“I was shocked when I saw the footage,” the New Jersey contractor said. “I have been doing this for 42 years. I was surprised that people made a big fuss out of it.”

For him, the death-defying feat was just a routine task, and a perfectly safe one at that.

“I just did my job at the end of the day. And I could safely return home to my children, because I know what I'm doing, ”said the father of three children.

Smizasky, 60, climbed onto the roof of the 23rd floor to check on the broken skylight of one of the locals. Then it rained for the fourth day in a row in the city.

He jumped over the gaps between the skylights of the iconic building with no security line.

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The residential building is almost the same height as the Statue of Liberty. But Smizaski said the daring jumps were perfectly safe. And he added that the building department inspector went up there with him earlier in the day.

“The building inspector didn't have any insurance, I didn't have any insurance… you can't have anything on the roof,” Smizaski commented. It was safe for me, it was safe for him. It wasn't as dangerous as people think."

The contractor admitted that the footage of Joe rushing across the roof in a suit looks like a scene from the movie 007

“It looked dangerous on that tape because the video looks like a stunt shoot,” he explained.

Smizasky, when meeting with clients in their posh suites, wears a suit and tie to appear respectable. He said he hurried back through the skylights because he felt raindrops and wanted to avoid a possible downpour.

“I knew what I was doing. Moved at a fast pace, and it was fine, he assured. “I don’t do anything unsafe and I don’t let my people do anything unsafe.”

Smizasky is still stunned that the video of him walking on the roof went viral.

“Someone saw the tape in China and the UK,” he said. “Strange, it’s not that dangerous.”

However, he enjoyed some of the comments.

“The funniest thing I've read is I cheated on my wife and she caught me with my mistress so I ran out the window,” Joe said, adding that his wife died in a house fire in 2010.