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CNN: Man dies in leap from Empire State Building
Man dies in leap from Empire State Building
Friday, November 26, 2004 Posted: 11:35 PM EST (0435 GMT) NEW YORK (AP) -- 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. It is 1,454 feet to the top of the Empire State Building's lightning rod. http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/11/26/nyc....ap/index.html |
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