Empire State Building jumper diagnosed as Yale student
The man who jumped from your 86th floor of the Empire State Building’s observation deck was recognized as Yale University Cameron Dabaghi, school officials said today.
Dabaghi, a junior from Austin, Texas, plunged from the deck in an apparent suicide on Tuesday shortly before 6:30 p.m.
“We are all deeply distressed by this news,” wrote Yale College Dean Mary Miller in a message to students issued this morning.
Dabaghi, who was expected to graduate in 2011 was majoring in East Asian studies, according to the student newspaper the Yale Everyday News.
Prior to Tuesday’s incident, probably the most current suicide on the landdmark creating is believed to own been four many years ago each time a guy jumped from the vacant office about the 66th ground.
A terrible tragedy. Condolences to the young man’s family.