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"Jumper Down" Reported At Exclusive Fifth Avenue Building
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Garth Johnston
Published May 5, 2012
Modified May 5, 2012
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Emergency services in Manhattan responded to three different "jumper down" calls this morning—one at a very tony address. Police are now investigating all three cases.
The first incident occurred at about 2:42 a.m. on the corner of 36th Street and 3rd Avenue. According to the FDNY when EMT arrived they found a man on the ground still alive and immediately brought him to Bellevue where he was in critical condition.
Then, at about 7:07 a.m., the FDNY responded to a call at 950 Fifth Avenue (a high-end 14-story, seven-unit building where Daily News publisher Mort Zuckerman and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz call home). Upon arrival, they found a man DOA.
Finally, at at 10:30 this morning reports came of another jumper, this one from the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. According to reports the victim, who appears to have landed on Roosevelt Island, was declared dead on arrival.
We'll update with more info as it becomes available.
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