At the same time, Gruber detonated the roof and destroyed one of the FBI helicopters in the process.McClane precariously dangled over the face of the skyscraper, then shot out the large pane of glass in front of him, swung himself into another floor, and untied himself before being dragged and reeled out the window to his death.He protested:Scotty: "You got your authority in the Constitution of the United States! For your information, it""s called freedom of the press, and I""m sending a story, Captain.Kara then beat Myers repeatedly with a large leaden pipe, although he grabbed her neck and began strangling her.Sidney Howard""s script was derived from Margaret Mitchell""s first and only published, best-selling Civil War and Reconstruction Period novel of 1,037 pages that first appeared in 1936, but was mostly written in the late 1920s.