http://www.nydailynews.co...lding.html

I work in the ESB. Left the office @7pm, and 34th Street was cordoned off, with cop cars all over the place. Figured it was a jumper.

I HATE when mfers do this shit. If you want to kill yourself, do it at home, with pills and alcohol. Don't endanger the rest of us. Just my luck, I'll be walking down 34th, and some fool will land on my black ass.

uPtoWnNY said:

Awful.

But I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I read the last sentence!

Damn ...

Having lost a brother to suicide, it breaks my heart everytime I read or hear something like this.

man, you REALLY have to want to not be here anymore to go out like that.

uPtoWnNY said:

I was walking around there...I passed the empire state building a few days ago. Maybe jumping off the building is easier than pills.

That's terrible! The first thing I thought was how did he get over those barriers? They should have a guard up there at all times to watch out for potential jumpers. What if he had landed on a child? There would have been 2 fatalities. I'm sorry the man was in such pain he felt the need to end it all, but I guess he didn't care that he was also putting others' lives in danger, too.

Shyra said:

That's what I'm saying. Plenty of moms with kids(and babies in strollers) visit the ESB every day.

Couple of years ago, a woman(who one of my co-workers knew) leaped out of her office window to her death. Something is always happening around here.
[Edited 3/31/10 10:19am]

I guess you have to look for the small mercys in stories lime this.

At least this guy made his own decision, prob didn't have an audience and at least people had the common sense a dignity to stay away.

In my home city just over a year ago, a troubled teen climbed to the top of a tall building to jump off, his mother found the suicide note, alerted police who tried to talk him down....as they did so a large crowd appeared recording it on thier mobile phones and shouting for him to jump...he did. Then they all surged forward to get a look and take pictures of his body on the pavement.

Evil motherfuckers...and think of his parents watching/knowing it is unfolding.
[Edited 3/31/10 10:22am]

purpledoveuk said:

florescent said:

me too!

uPtoWnNY said:

I love you.

Fenwick said:

the police came in for a lot of stick for not moving the crowd on but claimed they had no authority as no law was broken... How about breach of peace, obstruction police business...hell, what about common sense, dignity, human kindness. Some of the things I see in my line of work also make me wonder what people are capable of.

shorttrini said:

I know what you mean. I've had three cousins go out this way as well and it really is heartbreaking. I get even more depressed when I think about the impact it has had on my aunts/uncles who had to bury their own children.

Sorry about your brother.

purpledoveuk said:

It's absolutely astounding to me. It's like the healthcare bill here in America. And I don't want to go off topic and turn this into the P/R side, but what's ultimately been forgotten about in all of the debates is that we are SUPPOSED TO BE talking about improving the quality of human lives, not bickering over who is the better American for supporting the tactic chosen to achieve this objective.

Somehow that concept has gotten lost in the shuffle. And it is exactly this type of pack mentailty that leads to people forgetting that a real live person was on that ledge contemplating jumping. What if that was your brother/son? Would you be cheering him on? It's not an F'ing video game.

Arg....

Acrylic said:

It's sad that the dude decided to end it all at a young age, but damn, don't put the public at risk. If that shit happened at noon, on a clear day when it's jammed-packed, it could have been a bigger tragedy.

My thing is, do whatever you want, just don't involve me in your shit. I ain't going out like that.

Fenwick said:

Thank you Fenwick. It happened over 20 years ago, but as I was telling somebody else, not a day goes by that I don't think about him.
[Edited 3/31/10 11:04am]

ButterscotchPimp said:

the worst part is that people who have survived jumps from the Golden Gate Bridge tend to say that they immediately regretted jumping.

ButterscotchPimp said:

I think jumping in front of a subway train is even worse.

NDRU said:

Probably because it hurt like hell!

Shyra said:

I bet it did!

but I meant they regretted it while they were falling, which is a horrifying thought
[Edited 3/31/10 12:58pm]

shorttrini said:

I am very sorry for your loss. I'll say a prayer for you, your family and your brother.

Fenwick said:

Prayers for you and yours, too.

You know what sucks. What sucks is my family's reaction to it. They are angry at him, even after all these years. Now, I know that suicide is said to be one of the most selfish acts one could ever commit. But, nobody knows what the victim is going through at that point and time to drive them to commit such an act. To this day, I asked myself, "What is it that I could have said or done, differently. I had seen him just a month earlier,(He lived in Trinidad) and he seemed fine. On the day that it happened, I was hanging out with my best friend and I had gotten a call from my mom, to come home right away. On my way home, I was like,"What could possibly be so important that mom has to interrupt my fun". I remember walking into the house to the sight of my mom sobbing. She told me that she had recieved a call from his wife that he had ingested "weed killer" and that my niece,( his daughter) had found him on the floor. She was just 8 years old at the time. They took him to the hospital, where he died a few hours later. What gets me is, that if her were living here, he would have probably lived. We flew down for the funeral and I just remember, my mom sitting off to the side, by herself, praying. Me being the comforter that I am, tried my best to comfort his kids. My brother was a very interesting person, he painted, protested and loved all types of music. I miss him daily.

shorttrini said:

for your loss. But I can understand why some choose to end their lives. Believe it not, I was at the point a few times. What brought me back to my senses was the thought of my family and how devastated they would be. Plus I felt it would be a cowardly act. And finally, being a God-fearing woman, I thought, "What if I end up in purgatory?" And I'm not trying to be funny.

Shyra said:

You know something, I used to think about doing it everyday. But, now that I have my god-daughter, I think differently. She is the apple of my eye and constantly keeps me on my toes. She needs me.