Posted on 10/23/2009 8:28:04 PM PDT by pissant
A British nuclear expert has fallen to his death from the 17th floor of the United Nations offices in Vienna.
The 47-year-old man died after falling more than 120ft to the bottom of a stairwell. He has not been named.
He worked for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, an international agency charged with uncovering illicit nuclear tests.
A UN spokesman in the Austrian capital said there were no "suspicious circumstances" surrounding the man's death.
Police said no other person was believed to have been involved. No suicide note has been found.
Four months ago another UN worker also believed to be British fell from a similar height in the same building, it has been reported.
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A Nuclear expert who can’t negotiate the extreme science of taking a step. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm?????
Nothing to see here. Makes perfect sense. Move along please.
The stairwells in the Vienna International Centre complex are quite large and, from the top of a 28 floor building, you can see all the way down to the 3rd level cellar. Each floor is about 10 feet high, so that's quite a ways go go.
A few months ago, a U.S. citizen fell down one of these under suspicious circumstances. There was speculation that it was suicide, but the autopsy indicated that the man was suffering from something like an angina attack.
It appears he fell down the open space in the middle stairwell. However, the barrior to the stairwell is about 4 feet high and follows the stairs all the way down. It would be kind of a freak accident to innocently “fall” into this stairwell.
That reminds me. I’ve got to get Vince Flynn’s latest novel.
“Nuclear Expert Killed By 120ft Stairwell Fall”
It’s clear.
Nuclear weapons are dangerous.
Thank you Schnucki for the update.
I appreciate it.
The stair well is hollow?
Every stair case I’ve ever looked down you see the landing for the next floor.
I’ve never seen one that has a hollow core the stairs wrap around.
That is quite ornate.
Guess I'm used to concrete monstrosities.
the man how knew too much
I was wondering where you were.....
Hey! And I meant WHO. Need to trim the nails!
*ping*
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