Suicide at Empire State Building

by Rachel Nixon | January 7, 2009 at 01:29 pm
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A sad story from New York, where a middle-aged woman is reported to have committed suicide by jumping out of a window on the 39th floor of the Empire State Building.

The 54-year-old Manhattan woman, whose name was witheld pending family notification, was working at North Bay Apparel clothing store in the famed 5th Avenue skscraper when she leaped out a window just before noon, cops said.

She crashed down on a balcony on the 25th-floor and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police sources said the woman, who lived on West 34th Street, did not leave a suicide note.

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Brandon Yates

I hope she's finally at peace.

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