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Man dies in leap from Empire State Building
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| 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.
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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: TADSLOS
I wonder what the last thing that went through his mind was besides cement? His ass?
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posted on
11/26/2004 4:06:51 PM PST
by
Gumption
To: ccmay
I can take a good guess, those people who were having lunch on the sixth floor lost their lunch.
SPLATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT Even King Kong didn't survive the fall from the Empire State building. The police said they didn't find no ID ? and I guess they didn't find much of anything else of him either.
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posted on
11/26/2004 4:07:04 PM PST
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
To: SmithL
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posted on
11/26/2004 4:07:15 PM PST
by
Dont_Tread_On_Me_888
(John Kerry--three fake Purple Hearts. George Bush--one real heart of gold.)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
It's not the fall that kills ya, it's the sudden stop.
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posted on
11/26/2004 4:07:32 PM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(NYT Headline: "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS", Fake But Accurate, Experts Say)
To: SmithL
To: GSlob
If it was a Democrat, make the DNC pay the bill.
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posted on
11/26/2004 4:08:12 PM PST
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
To: SmithL
The man apparently climbed over a security fence that encloses the observation deck before leaping off.Guaranteed that some Lawyers have contacted any relatives to file a suit that the building owner failed to provide "adequate" protection, allowing the suicidal fool to climb that fence and it's their (the deep pockets owner) fault, and the relatives should be awarded MILLIONS along with the ambulance-chaser.
To: Gumption
I wonder what the last thing that went through his mind was besides cement?
His eyes???
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posted on
11/26/2004 4:10:59 PM PST
by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
To: MinuteGal
At least, King Kong would have more sense to have him jump first, King Kong didn't commit suicide, he got hit by the airplanes.
King King could handle himself in high places, he grew up in high places.
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posted on
11/26/2004 4:11:07 PM PST
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
To: SmithL
This guy was one of the fastest readers in New York.
He could go through eighty stories in ten seconds.
To: TADSLOS
This brings new meaning to the word "gobsmacked".
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posted on
11/26/2004 4:11:38 PM PST
by
lavrenti
(Think of who is pithy, yet so attractive to women.)
To: SmithL
In the spirit of George W. Bush: May God have mercy on this poor man's soul.
To: SandyInSeattle
Just take a pill and leave a note.Agreed.
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posted on
11/26/2004 4:12:12 PM PST
by
dansangel
(Thank you Veterans past and present!)
To: Credo Deus
Gravity and dense objects, works every time.
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posted on
11/26/2004 4:12:33 PM PST
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
To: TADSLOS
After thinking about it twice on the way down, that he made a bad choice.
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posted on
11/26/2004 4:14:16 PM PST
by
Prophet in the wilderness
(PSALM 53 : 1 The ( FOOL ) hath said in his heart , There is no GOD .)
Hopefully it was Kofi Annan
To: SmithL
What a selfish @$$hole. He could have waited until a less-busy weekend, but no, he has to go and screw up thousands of tourists' weekend.
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posted on
11/26/2004 4:15:09 PM PST
by
Junior
(FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC)
To: SmithL
He hit a landing on the sixth floor, where he died instantly, It is fortunate he didn't have enough forward momentum to let him clear the lower floors and hit the sidewalk.
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posted on
11/26/2004 4:15:12 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Dan Rather's got to go!)
To: An American In Dairyland
Although he didn't hit anyone, he didn't care about all those people affected by his gruesome death. I have absolutely NO sympathy.
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posted on
11/26/2004 4:15:30 PM PST
by
SmithL
(What? Me gloat?)
To: woofie
The recount is not going well
If there is a recount, is his cancelled?
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posted on
11/26/2004 4:16:06 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Michigan's last flock of penguins left for the west coast in 1823 never to be heard from again.)
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