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We Fly High:
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/20068.htm

LOVER'S LEAP

By MICHAEL POPE and HASANI GITTENS
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 March 7, 2004 -- A teenage girl did a backwards "swan dive off the roof" of a 24-story Midtown building yesterday hours after a fight with her boyfriend, crashing with an explosive bang to the sidewalk as he watched helplessly from the street, cops and witnesses said.
Diana Chien, 19, took the plunge from 990 Sixth Ave., between 36th and 37th streets, around 5:50 p.m., horrifying a small group of passers-by who witnessed what police sources called a suicide.

"She was dangling over the edge for about five minutes" before jumping, one witness said. "It was the loudest boom ever.

"It sounded like two cars hitting each other at 30 mph.

"She bounced once."

Chien, who lived nearby on Sixth Avenue, had gotten into an argument with her boyfriend earlier in the day, cops said. He tried to run to her aid when she hit the ground and had to be restrained by police officers.

Chien was rushed to Bellevue Hospital and died a few hours later, cops said.

Her dramatic plunge to the pavement was caught by Post photographer Scott Schwartz.

Schwartz said she had her back to the street when she leaped and stayed completely still all the way down.

"I saw one shoe go flying into the air after the impact," Schwartz said. "I do recall her being barefoot."

Schwartz said he assumed cops would talk the jumper off the ledge before she decided to take the leap.

"I'm a big fan of movies, and in the movies someone always gets that jumper to get back in," Schwartz said. "Part of you thinks it's not going to happen and then the unreal happens - she fell."

Building resident Miki Feinberg said others have jumped from that address, including a woman who lived across the hall from her.

Geoff Gentile, who lives in a nearby Sixth Avenue building, said he was watching through a telescope and called cops to the scene.

"I saw her jump, but once she did, I looked away," he said. "After that I went to my priest to pray for her."

New Jersey resident Juilet Hoilett said she was in a nearby McDonald's with her daughter when a man ran into the restaurant screaming, "Someone jumped!"

"I told my daughter to stay here and I ran outside because I feared that she might have hit my car," Hoilett said.

"When I got out, I saw a woman and I just saw blood everywhere pouring out of her head. They checked for a pulse and then took her away."

Additional reporting by Eric Lenkowitz



dude.. that shit is fucking crazy..she went to my old high school too. year below me, played bball and shit. my firend's little sister used to be pretty good friends with her. thats insane... my uncle did the same shit last year.. shits getting too crazy..

Don Seer:
damn thats loco...

always makes me sad when people jump.. we dont have too many buildings over 3 stories around here apart from a few offices and a car park in town... (live in a very green area..) it always makes me sad when I hear someone, especially someone young has jumped :(

here they've put big nets up around the car park, so u cant get over the edges now

Trauma-san:
Disgusting.

7even:

--- Quote from: I Just Wasn't Made For These Times on March 09, 2004, 05:41:09 AM ---Disgusting.

--- End quote ---

why? I dont remember god asked us if we wanted to be here.

smerlus:

--- Quote from: justin718 on March 09, 2004, 02:08:51 AM ---"I told my daughter to stay here and I ran outside because I feared that she might have hit my car," Hoilett said.

--- End quote ---

that bitch either needs to be a comedian or get her ass beat

     i remember when i was younger i was at a mall in Rochester. it was about right before easter. the mall had about 4 floors i think. anyways i was walking on the second floor with my cousin and some friends and we were coming up to the mall's courtyard.
     as we got closer we heard someone yell "NOOOOOOOOOOO" and we saw a blur pass the floor we were on. Next you just head a loud CRACK. my cousin thought i was some kind of stunt so he was like "Holy shit, that's awesome"
     everyone that was around rushed to the railing and looked down and it was a real lady all twisted and contorted... it took about 5-10 minutes for help to arrive and once they got there they realized that the lady was still alive. they tried cpr but there was no use, she dies a few minutes later.
    her jaw was pushed all the way to the back of her throat almost and blood just pooled up where her eyes should be. the fall broke her legs and bones were sticking through her jeans. they sectioned off about 40 sq feet and spent the next 30 minutes finding teeth and placing them in baggies
    the news article said she just got divorced, and both her parents died with in months of each other. she did a swan dive and landed face first four floors down

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