[al baby]

That overpass, and almost all the overpasses in New York America have barrier fences to prevent that kind of assault these days.

No they don’t, Dumas

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Allow me to clarify: Almost all overpasses with pedestrian paths. This is the site in question:

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6669031,-73.7669997,3a,24.9y,280.83h,86.05t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1ssfu_Qh-lfgTIiJzfRPBwow!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3Dsfu_Qh-lfgTIiJzfRPBwow%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D58.06136%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

The iron rail fence has “always” been there. The chain link fence has been added since the unfortunate incident.