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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,
![37-Year-Old Woman Leaps To Death From Verrazano Bridge [Updated]](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Verrazano-fare-hike.jpg)
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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.
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When a distraught man was threatening to jump from the ledge of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on July 23, it took the quick thinking and compassion of two police officers, who spoke the man’s native Cantonese, to talk him out of ending his life. Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Officer
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FINAL UPDATE (3:20 p.m.): Police surrounded a Manhattan Beach apartment building, responding to a call of an emotionally disturbed person who had barricaded himself in the sixth floor apartment he shares with his mother. After nearly two hours, the man was pulled from the apartment and strapped to
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Mike Salvatore (image from facebook.com)[UPDATE 9/8/11] According to the comments left below, as well as a Facebook page belonging to Michael Maximus Salvatore, it appears that Mike Salvatore passed away sometime yesterday, while at Lutheran Medical Center. Several friends have left RIP messages for Salvatore on