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by Randy Cassingham

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It’s the Thought That Counts
Recently the 34th person to ever commit suicide by jumping off New York’s Empire State Building hit the ground. What drove such an act? “People who jump from heights and landmark buildings are making a very public suicide, and there’s research data that shows they are psychotic and have beliefs about the kind of media attention they will get,” says Dr. Alan Berman, director of the American Association of Suicidology. And indeed the jumper is getting media attention, but it’s centered on the fact that he had no identification on him, and no one knows who he is. Police just call him “No. 6071”. (New York Daily News) ...Thus is the fleeting nature of fame.
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