Man Leaps to Death from Empire State Building

World | November 27, 2004, Saturday // 00:00

An unidentified man committed suicide by leaping off the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building. The man, believed to be in his thirties, landed on a sixth-floor landing. Police briefly sealed off the landmark on Fifth Avenue to tourists in New York for the holiday weekend. There have been fewer than 35 reported suicides since the building opened in 1931, although the latest was the second this year. In February, a man took a fatal leap from the 80th floor, minutes after filling out a job application.

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