Woman Who Fell To Her Death Was Paralyzed

Portrait of Patti Gregory by her husband Danny

The woman who plunged to her death yesterday at LaGuardia Place and West 3rd Street was 50-year-old Patti Gregory. Her husband, Danny Gregory, wrote a book called Everyday Matters in 2003, after his wife lost the use of her legs in a subway accident. At the time, he wrote: "Two years before I started drawing, my wife was run over by a subway train. Sounds really terrible, I know. But, well, this book is about how art and New York City saved my life."

According to the Daily News, cops say she managed to vault herself off the 8th floor balcony, and they believe it was "no accident." And while she was still breathing when they got to her on a 2nd floor terrace, she died soon after at St. Vincent's hospital.

A friend of the family's told the paper that her husband isn't ready to call it a suicide, saying, "I don't know how she could get over the railing. She's handicapped. She's in a wheelchair."

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By Jen Carlson in News on March 19, 2010 10:26 AM

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JosephR4570

JenChungsBaby, this was a real woman, not some character from a movie. You do know the difference between movies and reality, don't you?

drewo, your comments are stunningly insensitive.

R. H.

If you click the link above for Everyday Matters, his wife is the top comment. Very spooky gothamist.

R. H.

Oh my, I used to see this woman walk her dogs in the neighborhood! Tragic, bizarre, very sad.

drewo

Suicidal building jumpers should take a moment to be sure that their selfish death plunge does not kill or injure people on terraces or the street below.

I know - they want to die and don't care. But the folks below may actually want to carry on with their own lives.