NYPD Pulls Jumper From the Top of Rockefeller Plaza
- Posted on August 10, 2011 at 5:20pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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An intense standoff between police and a an apparent suicidal atop New York’s famed Rockefeller Plaza just attended.
Gothamnist and Twitter users witnessed the incident this afternoon after a man, sitting over the edge at 30 Rockefeller Plaza this afternoon, threatened to jump from the 70-story New York City skyscraper.
Gothamist received a report of a jumper atop the building and FDNY confirmation at 4:10 p.m. The New York City news blog updated at 4:4o p.m.:
“According to an NBC employee watching the video feed, a cop ‘just jumped over the glass encasing. He is sitting across from him talking. Police man is connected to a bungie/rope.’ In addition, @rozzy Tweets: ‘Watching internal feed of man on top of Rock Center. He has an American flag bandana over his face and is also wearing a tie. NYPD on scene.’
The building serves as the headquarters for NBC. Witnesses said the jumper had several bags, a jug of water, and was handing policeman letters with what appeared to messages on them. Gothamist reports that, according to witnesses, the man seemed to be “rather young, at most lower 20s.”
According to an NBC employee and Tweets from several witnesses, the man agreed to come down and police helped him over the 10 foot piece of glass separating the observation deck and the ledge at 4:55p.m.
Police shut down West 50th St. below the ledge where the jumper sat 70-floors above.
This is a breaking story. Updates will be added.
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cobra two
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 11:46pmHOLY SKY SCRAPER. A cop actually saved a mans life! I am surprised the story didn’t read Cops
Report Post »beat the hell out of suicidal man, taze him tear gas him and shove him off the building for attempting
such an act! This cop gets the good deed for the day award. NOT!
TraceyM
Posted on August 11, 2011 at 11:34amGo away!
Report Post »freemama
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:27pmGlenn’s staff have been participating in a juice cleansing this week. Maybe one of they went a little crazy. (ok – not funny, but had to be said)
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 10:20pmNot funny and it did not have to be said. What would you be saying if it was your loved one up there? Giggle all you want but this is a person not an animated cartoon. What in the hell has happened to us that we have no compassion for a fellow human being?
Report Post »affinnity
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:55pmThe cops and fire department will bill the building owner. A lawyer will file for Medicaid and Social Security. If he’s an employee the lawyer will also sue for Workers Compensation. If he wasn’t an employee the building owner, building security and property liability insurance carrier will be sued. So this guy will probably come out pretty good in the long run.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 10:49pmYeah. If he didn’t die first. Grow a heart you creep. What if it happened to you? It could you know.
Report Post »v12tommy
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:39pmThink of all the resources this wasted. Not only does he waste multiple cops time, but now he will have to undergo mental care at the cost of taxpayers as well. The cops should clear an area below so innocent people don’t get hurt, and let the man jump. Peel him off the pavement below, hose it off, and go about the rest of the day. Seems like a stupid way to go out though…it causes too much attention. If the guy wanted to go out with a bang, he should try jumping in front of a train. I’ve seen them consume whole deer and cattle, so a fat guy from NYC would be no issue.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:35pmDid you really mean to say that? Heartless.
Report Post »ChuckJ
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:38pmGuess he worked for NBC and realized that Obama really was a fraud. BTW great work for NYPD and NYFD.
Report Post »headbtweenlegs
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 7:54pmBlaze look at druge…
Report Post »jackact
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 6:45pmHow much did this cost the ‘sucker’ taxpayers of NY?
Report Post »I think the MTA demands $100 a jump from a borough bridge.
Shelly Silver gets $35.00 a jump.
:(
DarkFire
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 6:58pmi might be wrong but let them jump, one less blood sucker on the American economy. matter of fact, we should really encourage more of this. oh wait we already do, we all sit there watching and video taping them, and cheering them on to their deaths. don’t judge, don’t judge you know you would be the first to line up to pay 39.99 for a public excuation there is no difference in this sort of free show!
Report Post »Seabee79
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 7:27pmHe must have been a distraught MSNBC viewer.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:29pmI agree. If he wants to kill himself, so be it. Taxpayers have to pay for this crap. Jump you fool!!
Report Post »shirelover
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:38pmyou guys, that is horrible and disgusting. “If you can‘t say somethin’ nice, don’t say anything at all”
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:43pmWhat have we become? This is just so sad to hear. Do you have no compassion? This story could be about you if things got bad enough for you as they surely did for this person. You want to have us urging you to jump?
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 6:41pmI hate heights and just looking at the picture made me woozy.. what fearless police officers.. I am wondering though if the guy attempting suicide is from wall street.. isn‘t this what they did in the 30’s when the stock market went belly up?? In any case true American’s appreciate you officers for saving this poor soul. Hope he gets some help!
Report Post »Bro. Chuck
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 6:27pmThank you, Father for saving this soul…..
for the bravery of the NYPD…
the brave officer who you watched over and gave Your Peace……
Hold the young man close and let him see and feel Your Mercy…
He is Your Creation…
use him and let your Glory be known….
He is now a witness and testimony of Your LovingKindness!
In YahShua’s Precious Name, we Thank you, Adonai….
Report Post »Baruch HaShem!
biohazard23
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 6:12pmDay trader who saw his portfolio take a nose dive?
Report Post »Glenn is Right
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 6:10pmI thought it was Glenn at first. Scary, don’t do that to your fans.
Headline should read: Jumper at Rockerfeller plaza was not Glenn Beck!
Report Post »BOstinks
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 7:29pmWhy on earth would Glenn jump? He said all along that he hoped he was wrong but guess what – he has been right on the money and the folks in that building(NBC) suddenly don’t seem to remember him or what they were calling him. Don’t that just beat all?
Report Post »mycomet123
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 6:08pmI don’t know , I have never been out on a ledge but I find it odd that if your planning on jumping off, that you bring bags & a jug of water with you? Anyhow I‘m glad he’s O.K.
Report Post »psst
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 8:27pmUm! one bag had a Whopper and the other a Big Mac.I think a third had fries, couldn‘t make out if it was BK fries or Mickey D’s. I prefer Micky D’s myself, though the Whopper is better than the Big Mac.
Report Post »One never know how long it may take the police to come and save One who is threathening to jump
One can get hungry and thirsty if the police takes too long to arrive.
One must plan for all contingencies.Who knows?, the police could have gotten stuck in traffic or had a traffic accident.
mycomet123
Posted on August 11, 2011 at 6:09pmLOL–Thanks for the laugh I needed that today!
Report Post »Vapor Trail
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 5:56pmI was so excited when I saw the headline……only to be so let down that it wasn’t one of the Rockefeller doing the jumping : (
Report Post »Rob
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 5:52pmI tried to kill myself once… glad it didn’t work now, I have a great life.
Report Post »GIDEON612
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 5:59pmThere is nothing we will ever experience in this life that one would need to do that, period.
Report Post »iamHeidi
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 6:05pmRob, I‘m glad it didn’t work also! Keep up the good work.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 6:16pmRob,
I am glad you failed too. God must have a plan for you, How can you tell? If you are still breathing God still has work to do with/for you…Every life, even your own, is God’s not yours.
Stay strong and happy Brother Rob!
Report Post »Bro. Chuck
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 6:31pmRob,
Brother, I also thank our Father that you didn’t suceed…..
He watches over us….
Remember….
He knew us before we were even formed, and His will for us is His Perfection….
be Bless’d, Brother…
In YahShua,
Bro. Chuck
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 10:10pmGlad you are still here.
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 5:49pmgood grief when i read the headline i thought it was going to be glenn beck.
Report Post »semihardrock
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 5:35pmI am PRETTY SURE it was Keith Olbermann picking up his LAST paycheck from NBC!
Report Post »Heitah
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 5:43pmLol funny
Report Post »dshamis20
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 5:53pmUnreal now you can’t even kill yourself without the government getting involved
Report Post »HD Veteran
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 6:09pmLol x 2
Report Post »psst
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 9:18pm@Dshami who said:”Unreal now you can’t even kill yourself without the government getting involved”
Report Post »———
Well, they are the only one who can sell you the permit.
Scottscobig
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 5:34pmSeems a waste of resources to save those who would commit suicide. Aren’t they just seeking attention? And, like so many others who are undeserving, we give it to them. I get that he may have family or others who would be hurt by his death. But every time I hear someone’s threatening to jump, I wonder why we break our necks to stop him. Maybe it’s good riddance.
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 10:42pmWhy would Glenn jump? He knows how it ends.
Report Post »Justicecriesout
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 5:33pmI hope this isnt the start of the next 1929 Panic…if the Dow keeps dropping people will start too.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 5:31pmGuess he had enough hope and change…
Report Post »jim
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 5:30pm“I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain…” – CCR
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on August 11, 2011 at 12:56amI‘ve forgotten it’s been so long. A lot of people don’t even know what your talking about. I’m glad this man has another day.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 5:27pmYou couldn’t tell in the photo, but I think the jumper is Rachel Maddow.
Report Post »(We can hope)
LadyIzShy
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 5:23pmglad this turned out well , some people just snap. I hope he gets some help.. great work NYPD and NYFD
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on August 10, 2011 at 5:55pmDitto
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