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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That's the most amazing picture... the woman still looks beautiful, barely a hair out of place, lying on the crumpled car roof. It's gotta be on the internet somewhere...(off to look)...
Never saw it-----my Dad (who is here with me now) said Gramps couldn't sleep for 3 days.
Not much could faze Gramps---he was a WWI vet who saw more than his share. That really got to him, though.
He was still alive when the WTC opened and was invited to the dedication.....he went into the building looking up.
If you get that despondent, go fishing.
if you see it---let me know the url-----Dad doesn't even wanna look--and won't (Guess Gramps thought the same)
I wonder if anyones ever based jumped the ESB?
Class, anyone?
Man you better get and talk to someone.
Another Arkancide?
That's a lot of people. Very low suicide rate. Safe place, that.
80 storey fall? That's a long time to consider your decision.
Good thing there are no skylites....would make a mess on the front carpet.
That comes from listening to too much Ozzy and Priest. Or maybe you simply need a hug ... or better yet, a pet. May I suggest a nice kitty cat?
>I went to the 86th floor balcony of the Empire State building once<
I have to hold onto the shoulder of a perfect stranger going down the open stairwell of a parking garage (from the second floor!). You should have seen me going up the Space Needle the first time, plastered to the back of the elevator. But the second time I went up it was a breeze!
I think the photograph wound up on a LA punk album cover in the early 1980s. Particularly haunting photo, because she was quite attractive. Sad.
Nah, go out in style, I say! If you are going to flip the final bird to the world and kill yourself you may as well make a spectacle of it. Leave something newsworthy to remember yourself by or it will just be a wasted opportunity. If someone finalizes the decision to commit suicide, there are many great things one can accomplish in the process.
>>80 storey fall? That's a long time to consider your decision.>>
But a smidge too late to act on a decision reversal. He never felt a thing.
Did he land on anyone?
>>May I suggest a nice kitty cat?>>
I would suggest a week of non-stop sex with the hottest woman you know.
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