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In 1995, a man jumped from a building on Rector Street in lower Manhattan and landed in Trinity Church Cemetery a few feet away from Alexander Hamilton’s grave. I came upon the scene shortly after it happened. The man had been decapitated, probably from hitting his head on a tombstone. Somebody had covered his body with a sheet and his head with a smaller sheet. I think he was covered by someone from the church because the cops had just arrived and there was no ambulance yet. The next day there was a small paragraph about it in the Daily News. I still can’t figure out why the guy didn’t land straight down on Rector Street. Although Rector Street is very narrow he easily cleared it and landed 15 feet or more inside the cemetery fence. Maybe he got a running start from the roof. Very odd.
From what I have gathered, regret is often instantaneous in these situations.
There is a guy who jumped off a bridge and lived. Talks about just that. He is a motivational speaker now or some thing like that.
Woah. That's what I heard too. That if you don't give into it, no matter how strong the urge may be (suicide, drinking, smoking) that the desire passes or subsides in time.
That's what happened to someone I know. His friend called him up in the middle of the night wanting to end it all. He told him not to do anything until he got there, sat talking with him all night and the moment passed never to come up again. Thank God.
I remember a suicide up at Washbridge Towers in the early 80's.
Those are the buildings that straddle the GW Bridge. It was an
awful sight.
I never understood it. Why was that building built on top of the entrance to GW bridge. First the pollution and what about structural stress both to the building and the entrance to the bridge. How would the repairs take place when the building needs it? Closure of lanes for years?
I never understood it. Why was that building built on top of the entrance to GW bridge. First the pollution and what about structural stress both to the building and the entrance to the bridge. How would the repairs take place when the building needs it? Closure of lanes for years?
In a few words, cheap air rights.
Port Authority sold air rights above approach to GWB to NYC for what city always does; build "affordable" housing with as little cost to taxpayers as possible.
Finding low cost land was something then and still today all developers in NYC struggle with, and air rights again then and now play a huge role in housing, especially "low income' and "affordable"
City's inclusionary bonus program is built upon premise of giving developers more FAR to play around with if they will provide a portion of low income/affordable housing.
"There is a guy who jumped off a bridge and lived. Talks about just that. He is a motivational speaker now or some thing like that."
Yeah. That was depressing to learn. I always thought that once you took that last awful step, at least you'd feel some relief that it was all coming to an end. Turns out not to be the case, at least for some of them.
National Suicide Hotline: 800-273-8255
Someone gives a damn that you're alive and not dead.
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