[nickcarraway]

[Tenacious 1]

I’m struggling to believe this was an accident. That sidewalk looks pretty wide. Distracted folks tend to walk in the middle. He’s a good actor or very inebriated.

[aomagrat]

“The man sitting right there watching said “he could not jump up to help because of health reasons”

He must be allergic to white.

[ConservingFreedom]

He was not even on his cell phone.

Maybe he had one of those earpieces.

[bikerman]

Probably on Meth.

[februus]

Looks like he is looking to his left at a flyer in his hand just before he plummets. I was at an airport disembarking and followed a man who had a pda he was carefully reading - right up until the second his head struck a steel support beam. I have to consciously train myself never to read and walk at the same time.

[lee martell]

This reads as though it was taken from a spoken narration. I’m sure if I saw what transpired, all would be instantly clear.

[canuck_conservative]

So in addition to crime, perverts, high costs and lousy traffic, now New York has open holes in the sidewalk too??

[Charles Martel]

Looks like a scene from Shaun of the Dead. Note the shuffling, zombie-like walk of the person following him.