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(Photo via Facebook)Community and family members are mourning the tragic death of a 28-year-old Midwood woman and Brooklyn College graduate this week. A seven-day shiva memorial service for Rebecca Wasserstrum, who city officials confirmed succumbed to injuries sustained from a plunge [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn-woman-takes-death-leap-george-washington-bridge-article-1.2683053] off
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Former 78th Precinct C.O. Michael Ameri [left] with Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC’s First Lady Chirlane McCray at the 2014 Pride Parade in Park Slope. (Photo by Tom Prendergast)A former commanding officer for Park Slope’s 78th Precinct has been found dead of an apparently self-inflicted
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Photo by Erica Sherman.Two men leapt to their deaths Friday from an elevated garage beside the Kings Plaza Shopping Center, the Daily News reports [http://m.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/men-dead-jumping-elevated-garage-brooklyn-article-1.2456080] . The apparent suicides occurred hours apart and were unrelated, cops told the newspaper. The first man, who
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Photo via Puello Fund [https://www.gofundme.com/puellofund]/GoFundMeA fundraising page [https://www.gofundme.com/puellofund] has been set up to help the family of a beloved mom killed in the deadly explosion [/1-dead-1-missing-in-borough-park-building-explosion-video/#.VhUo72RViko] that tore through a Borough Park building on Saturday, October 3. Ligia Puello, 64,
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanPolice said the fatal injuries of a man found outside one of the Trump Village apartment buildings Monday morning are consistent with falling from a high elevation and that the death is being investigated as a suicide. According to the NYPD, the body of a man in
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A Bensonhurst family is frantically searching for information about their son, who has been missing since Monday night. Xiao Bo Zhu, 24, made suicidal statements before leaving his family’s home on 70th Street and 18th Avenue on April 20, at 11:30pm, police said. He left his wallet behind,
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A 37-year-old woman who jumped off the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge early Thursday morning was pronounced dead at the hospital, marking the 11th suicide from the bridge since 2011, reports [http://www.silive.com/eastshore/index.ssf/2015/01/37-year-old_womans_fatal_leap.html] the Staten Island Advance. > The woman, whose
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The body of a 50-year-old man was found hanging from a tree in Prospect Park early Monday morning after an apparent suicide, police said. A spokesman for the NYPD says the man was discovered near the lake at around 3:45am, and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say
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Source: extrabox via FlickrSadly, too often we write about [/index.php?s=suicides] the latest suicide or suicide attempt committed on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Earlier this week, we told you about the latest incident [/video-police-pull-suicidal-man-from-verrazano-bridges-outer-cables-in-heroic-rescue/] involving a 39-year-old man who was heroically rescued after attempting a leap from the iconic
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Source: Ibagli via Wikimedia CommonsThe Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has been the site of seven suicides and seven attempts in the past 22 months, and advocates are wondering if the MTA should do more to stop them. An SI Live editoral [http://www.silive.com/opinion/editorials/index.ssf/2013/10/preventing_
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Source: fawlty128 via flickr.comThe Verrazano-Narrows Bridge has been the scene of six suicides since December 2011 with two [/woman-reportedly-jumps-off-verrazano-second-suicide-in-two-weeks/] coming [/police-investigating-potential-verrazano-bridge-suicide/] in the past month alone. Despite these tragedies, the MTA has no plans to increase suicide deterrents at the bridge, according to a report [http://www.silive.com/
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Source: Rruss via Wikimedia CommonsLate Sunday afternoon, a man was found by the NYPD Harbor Unit in the waters below the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Except, unlike the recent and tragic stories of those who jumped the 228 feet, this man was found alive. “He was in critical condition but alive,” U.