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Man dies in leap from Empire State Building
AP ^ | 11/26/4

Posted on 11/26/2004 3:54:54 PM PST by SmithL

NEW YORK -- A man jumped to his death Friday from the 86th-floor observation deck at the Empire State Building, one of Manhattan's busiest tourist destinations, police said.

The apparent suicide forced police to briefly close the landmark on Fifth Avenue to tourists in New York for the holiday weekend.

The man apparently climbed over a security fence that encloses the observation deck before leaping off. He hit a landing on the sixth floor, where he died instantly, police said.

No identification was found on his body.

At least 31 other people have committed suicide at the Empire State Building since it opened in 1931. More than 3.8 million people visit the tourist attraction each year, according to the building's Web site.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: danrather; depression; empire; empirestatebuilding; jumper; nyc; suicide; touristguy
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To: SmithL

How romantic.


181 posted on 11/27/2004 12:16:06 AM PST by Tall_Texan (Let's REALLY Split The Country! (http://righteverytime3.blogspot.com))
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To: Sub-Driver
New York Times Front Page: Building Owner Fails to Prevent Man Jumping To Commit Suicide - Lawyer For The Family Says The Razor Wire and 8 Foot Fence "Were Not Enough - This Building Has A Track Record Of Causing Suicidal Leaning Citizens Achieve Their Goal".............

..."Women and Minorities Hardest Hit"

182 posted on 11/27/2004 12:32:32 AM PST by Tall_Texan (Let's REALLY Split The Country! (http://righteverytime3.blogspot.com))
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To: The Mayor
Nadler?

Now way the fat slob would be able to scale the fence. And even if he did, there's no way the sixth floor would be able to stop him. The force would cause him to crash through the sixth and fifth down to the fourth floor.

183 posted on 11/27/2004 12:35:27 AM PST by Tall_Texan (Let's REALLY Split The Country! (http://righteverytime3.blogspot.com))
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To: seamole

>In most places there are plenty of video cameras recording your<

Good grief, semole, how do you know so much about this?
Remember, God is watching YOU, too, at ALL times.


184 posted on 11/27/2004 8:10:16 AM PST by Paperdoll
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To: mupcat

I suppose an autopsy could determine when the heart stopped beating based upon blood flow or lack thereof.

Also, see post # 179.


185 posted on 11/27/2004 8:18:54 AM PST by El Gran Salseron (My wife just won the "Inmate of the Month" Award! :-))
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To: Prophet in the wilderness

>People need to get things right with GOD before they die<

For anyone else contemplating taking their life, suicide is a sin. Give your troubles over to the Lord, lest they
defeat you. Our Divine Redeemeer told us to repent, to confess our sins to Him, and to change our ways, for behold! The kingdom of God is at hand! Turn not your back to His Word.


186 posted on 11/27/2004 8:22:22 AM PST by Paperdoll
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To: SmithL

Another P.E.S.T victim bites the asphalt.


187 posted on 11/27/2004 10:12:01 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (Congratulations President-Re-Elect George W. Bush!)
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To: SmithL

How does anyone manage to climb the fence at the 86th floor? It has razor sharp blades. I know at UT, there is the clocktower and they closed it down because there were strings of people, likely college students who would jump off the top of the tower in the 1970s. Also, Charles Whitman in 1966 shot from top of the tower, which killed 16 people.


188 posted on 11/27/2004 11:04:27 AM PST by Ptarmigan (Proud rabbit hater and killer)
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To: El Gran Salseron

"I suppose an autopsy could determine when the heart stopped beating based upon blood flow or lack thereof."

Now that may be true! Hadn't even thought of that. Thanks.


189 posted on 11/27/2004 6:42:43 PM PST by mupcat
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To: theDentist
Has anyone ever successfully jumped onto the Empire State Building???

..thanks for your unique viewpoint. ..We must keep King Kong and Superman, Spiderman and All the Superheroes off that floor. :))

190 posted on 11/28/2004 8:01:43 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :)
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To: skinkinthegrass

Exactly! Those "superheroes" are just interfering with our daily lives for obscure "moral" reasons. Sheesh!


191 posted on 11/28/2004 8:57:52 AM PST by theDentist (Proud Member of FreeRepublic 's "Pyjama-Hadeen")
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To: Mr Ramsbotham
You're travelling around 200 mph when you hit, and by the time any sensation of pain can reach your brain, your brain is gone.

Wow. Never thought of it that way. I guess that would be true. Horrible!

192 posted on 11/28/2004 5:41:00 PM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: SmithL

There are no loop holes in the law of gravity.


193 posted on 11/28/2004 5:45:02 PM PST by F.J. Mitchell (If you were still in the womb, would you trust your life to Specter?????)
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To: ccmay

Instant death on a sixth floor landing, is debatable, since he had only plummeted 80 floors at that time.


194 posted on 11/28/2004 5:48:14 PM PST by F.J. Mitchell (If you were still in the womb, would you trust your life to Specter?????)
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To: fastattacksailor

News flash, actually....oops make that a news smash.


195 posted on 11/28/2004 5:50:18 PM PST by F.J. Mitchell (If you were still in the womb, would you trust your life to Specter?????)
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To: Tall_Texan

"..."Women and Minorities Hardest Hit"

With the exception of the sixth floor landing, where the entire roof must be replaced before the next rain.


196 posted on 11/28/2004 5:55:33 PM PST by F.J. Mitchell (If you were still in the womb, would you trust your life to Specter?????)
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