Empire State Building Jumper Identified As Yale Student

Courant.com ^ | 3/31/2010 | N/A

[castlegreyskull]

Lets please pray for his mislead soul. So tragic.

[MinuteGal]

Correction of my typo above, his last name is Dabaghi....which may be Irani.

Leni

[Doogle]

thank you

[1010RD]

Somebody had to say it. ;-]

[jimbo123]

He came down in front of the Bank of America. Boom! It was an explosion,” said Luis Mosquea, 28, who was manning the front entrance of a women’s boutique on W. 34th St., across from where the man landed.

“His body was shattered and his sneakers were scattered on the sidewalk,” said Mosquea, recalling in horror how stunned pedestrians scampered in every direction to flee the nightmarish sight.

“One guy ran over and covered the body with an umbrella,” he said. “It’s crazy.”

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[al baby]

What did Geronimo say when he jumped from an airplane?MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Timocrat]

I'll take a wild guess that he's Irani

Both parents are medical Doctors. Father is of Lebanese descent, mother is of Scots descent.

[Jim Noble]

Being smart sucks sometimes. Occasionally it sucks a lot.

[Doogle]

first thing that came to mind

[nolongerademocrat]

Prayers for his family. It is a tragedy.

[buccaneer81]

Deceleration trauma.

[ErnBatavia]

Mine too....you’re not alone.

[Drew68]

86 Floors. He probably had a full nine seconds to regret his decision.

[GovernmentShrinker]

I’m praying that none of his family or friends stumble upon this uncivilized thread before the mods get to it with their clean-up tools.

[MinuteGal]

The father may have COME from Lebanon, but that doesn't mean he was born there or is of that descent. He may have had his medical training there.

All my research shows that the last name is common in Iran and the first names coupled with that last name are all muslim.

Doesn't matter, it's just that the last name caught my attention.

Leni

[rrrod]

probably a registered Democrat.... I dont give a shi’ite.

[SkyDancer]

I wonder if half way down he might have thought that this may not be a good idea ....

[jimbo123]

What if the jumper had hit someone outside Bank of America when he landed? The jumper didn’t think about the fact that he could kill innocent people when he decided to jump.

[jimbo123]

What about the people on the ground who got splattered by the guy yesterday? It was disgusting and the nasty drizzel and rain yesterday made it worse.

[nolongerademocrat]

I agree.