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  • I was stationed in Japan a few times, have a Japanese wife. I have heard of this place since we visited Mt. Fuji and the lakes many times. It's kind of long but interesting and sad also.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.

  • I have heard of this as well. It is said to be the #1 suicide spot in the world. #2: San Francisco. The Bridge.

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    I have heard of this as well. It is said to be the #1 suicide spot in the world. #2: San Francisco. The Bridge.

    @the-gipper said:

    I have heard of this as well. It is said to be the #1 suicide spot in the world. #2: San Francisco. The Bridge.

    I suspect the empire state building is up there?

    T The GipperT ballpeenB 3 Replies

  • Or maybe the Brooklyn bridge - is that a thing?

  • gftChrisG gftChris

    @the-gipper said:

    I have heard of this as well. It is said to be the #1 suicide spot in the world. #2: San Francisco. The Bridge.

    I suspect the empire state building is up there?

    @gftchris said:

    I suspect the empire state building is up there?

    Fenced off. Not really an issue.

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
  • gftChrisG gftChris

    @the-gipper said:

    I have heard of this as well. It is said to be the #1 suicide spot in the world. #2: San Francisco. The Bridge.

    I suspect the empire state building is up there?

    @gftchris said:

    I suspect the empire state building is up there?

    Here they are. One in the UK as well.

    http://www.bestschoolcounselingdegrees.com/10-most-popular-suicide-spots-on-earth/

    slowburnS 1 Reply

  • Wrigley is at the top of suicides attempted at a professional american stadium. The "Last Call" billboard is fitting

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  • The GipperT The Gipper

    @gftchris said:

    I suspect the empire state building is up there?

    Here they are. One in the UK as well.

    http://www.bestschoolcounselingdegrees.com/10-most-popular-suicide-spots-on-earth/

    @the-gipper said:

    The last time I travelled the Sunshine Skyway Bridge I had to stop and let my ex-wife take the helm. I seem to have developed acrophobia, prolly from experiencing a lot of heights while on the job.

  • gftChrisG gftChris

    @the-gipper said:

    I have heard of this as well. It is said to be the #1 suicide spot in the world. #2: San Francisco. The Bridge.

    I suspect the empire state building is up there?

    @gftchris said:

    I suspect the empire state building is up there?

    No....I don't think many have happened there. It you have ever been, there is maybe a 10 foot iron rail that curves back towards the building out on the observation deck. It would take some serious effort to shimmy up that and pull yourself up and over.

    Pulling somebody down would be pretty easy. There are employed security who station in ways all 4 walls are covered by 3-4 people at all times. Some hang out in the corners....some walk the middle

    http://thingstodo.viator.com/new-york-city/viator-vip-new-york-city-access-attractions/

    If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
    The GipperT 1 Reply

  • I thought I read somewhere that it would not be possible for a human to jump from the empire state with the correct trajectory to hit the street

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
    The GipperT 1 Reply
  • ballpeenB ballpeen

    @gftchris said:

    I suspect the empire state building is up there?

    No....I don't think many have happened there. It you have ever been, there is maybe a 10 foot iron rail that curves back towards the building out on the observation deck. It would take some serious effort to shimmy up that and pull yourself up and over.

    Pulling somebody down would be pretty easy. There are employed security who station in ways all 4 walls are covered by 3-4 people at all times. Some hang out in the corners....some walk the middle

    http://thingstodo.viator.com/new-york-city/viator-vip-new-york-city-access-attractions/

    @ballpeen said:

    No....I don't think many have happened there. It you have ever been, there is maybe a 10 foot iron rail that curves back towards the building out on the observation deck. It would take some serious effort to shimmy up that and pull yourself up and over.

    Pulling somebody down would be pretty easy. There are employed security who station in ways all 4 walls are covered by 3-4 people at all times. Some hang out in the corners....some walk the middle

    http://thingstodo.viator.com/new-york-city/viator-vip-new-york-city-access-attractions/

    I was denied my opportunity to see for myself the logistics of which you speak. I was planning a trip to NYC, and had prepaid for tickets to go up the Empire State Building....but alas I could not go. Why? My trip to NYC was scheduled Sept. 18, 2001.

    I couldn't go up the Empire State Building. I couldn't go out to the Statue of Liberty. So I have yet to get to those two locales.

    But one place I did go some years before: to the Top of the World Trade Center.

  • T The Cysko Kid

    I thought I read somewhere that it would not be possible for a human to jump from the empire state with the correct trajectory to hit the street

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    I thought I read somewhere that it would not be possible for a human to jump from the empire state with the correct trajectory to hit the street

    Well, that is OK, you would just bump off the building before you land. You've seen it happen:

  • the tappan zee bridge which is like 3 miles away from me is the fave bridge to jump off of as NYer. they end up floating to the boat docks in tarrytown or even more upstream. i guess the hudson is a bitch with the currents even though people jet ski and dump their shit all summer long. usually the big mishaps are with the drunken boat captains.

    i want to know how these base jumpers avoid security, jump over fences, walk out on a extruding metal rung and jump off high rises that are well known or under construction with no probs and these places are supposed to have 24/7 security.

    just goes to show that if someone wants to get through security with a plan, there's really no stopping them.

    sad state of affairs that no one has learned their lesson yet as in if i were head of security i'd do................

  • miktoxicM miktoxic

    the tappan zee bridge which is like 3 miles away from me is the fave bridge to jump off of as NYer. they end up floating to the boat docks in tarrytown or even more upstream. i guess the hudson is a bitch with the currents even though people jet ski and dump their shit all summer long. usually the big mishaps are with the drunken boat captains.

    i want to know how these base jumpers avoid security, jump over fences, walk out on a extruding metal rung and jump off high rises that are well known or under construction with no probs and these places are supposed to have 24/7 security.

    just goes to show that if someone wants to get through security with a plan, there's really no stopping them.

    sad state of affairs that no one has learned their lesson yet as in if i were head of security i'd do................

    @miktoxic said:

    the tappan zee bridge which is like 3 miles away from me is the fave bridge to jump off of as NYer. they end up floating to the boat docks in tarrytown or even more upstream. i guess the hudson is a bitch with the currents even though people jet ski and dump their shit all summer long. usually the big mishaps are with the drunken boat captains.

    i want to know how these base jumpers avoid security, jump over fences, walk out on a extruding metal rung and jump off high rises that are well known or under construction with no probs and these places are supposed to have 24/7 security.

    just goes to show that if someone wants to get through security with a plan, there's really no stopping them.

    sad state of affairs that no one has learned their lesson yet as in if i were head of security i'd do................

    What is that bridge over there that just like floats on the water on like big pontoons. I think I crossed it once bypassing NYC to get to Connecticut.

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