A 34-year-old woman has jumped off the Williamsburg Bridge, landing on the street below. According to the FDNY, a call came in around 2:34 this afternoon detailing that the woman had landed on Pitt Street, and suffered "multiple trauma" before being transported to Bellevue Hospital. We'll update as more information becomes available. more ›

Port Authority police are investigating a possible suicide at the George Washington Bridge. NJ.com reports, "A bicyclist discovered an iPad, a set of keys and a pair of shoes on the upper-level, eastbound walkway about halfway across the bridge," and a Port Authority spokesman said, "It appears we have a jumper, about 8 o'clock this morning." more ›

A 15-year-old girl jumped into the Hudson River near the USS Intrepid in Hell's Kitchen on Sunday and was quickly rescued by an unidentified man who leaped in after her—proof, once again, that Good Samaritans do exist in this city. more ›

Last night, just before 8 p.m., a young woman jumped from the platform onto the tracks as a Brooklyn-bound F train pulled into the Delancey/Essex Street station. Passengers were quickly removed from the train (though some were stuck in the dark for up to 30 minutes) as the FDNY pulled the woman from the tracks. But on the plus side, it appears the woman will be okay? more ›

A week ago, midtown was held captive when a man ascended to the top of Rockefeller Center and threatened to jump. Thankfully, after a tense hour, police were able to talk down 23-year-old tourist Jorge (George) Ruiz. It turned out that Ruiz, who told police that he suffers from schizophrenia and that he was distraught that a book he wrote wouldn't be published, had attempted suicide twice before, and in an eerily similar incident, had once climbed Las Vegas' 1,149-foot Stratosphere Tower to do so. In the video below, you can see footage of Emergency Service Unit detectives leaping across the parapet to stop Ruiz before he jumped. more ›

State police are investigating yesterday's incident of a couple jumping from the Tappan Zee Bridge while naked, resulting in the woman's death and the man being critically injured. State Police investigator Joseph Becerra said, "There's an ongoing investigation to determine what their reasons were. We're looking at whether they were distraught or if there were other underlying issues." One paper's sources suggest that the woman may have hesitated before jumping and that the man pushed her. more ›

Police say that a man and a woman, both naked, parked their SUV on the Tappan Zee Bridge, climbed on top of the vehicle and jumped while holding hands. Rescuers were able to pull the woman, in her late 20s or early 30s, out alive, but she died from her injuries. The male, in his 40s, is in extremely critical condition at Nyack Hospital. more ›

A former captain of the Duke Blue Devils basketball team committed suicide yesterday by jumping off the roof of the New York Athletic Club. Thomas Emma, 49, reportedly jumped from a rooftop "common area" on the 12th floor around 11:20 a.m. and fell to his death onto a second floor landing of the Essex House hotel. Friends tell the tabloids that Emma had been dealing with health issues and was depressed, but he did not leave a suicide note, and those who knew him say they're shocked by his death. more ›

Police chasing a Staten Island shoplifter were shocked when he jumped off the Goethals Bridge and seemed to survive the 200 foot fall. Cops tried to stop the suspect, Darin Hickman, in Milburn, New Jersey because they believed he stole a $2,500 Louis Vutton bag from the Short Hills Mall. But Hickman sped off in his Mitsubishi Diamante, leading police in hot pursuit to the New Jersey turnpike, where they decided to follow him, but with lights and sirens off. When Hickman got to the Goethals, he rammed into a Port Authority police vehicle and his car burst into flames. That's when he bolted toward the edge of the bridge. more ›

The Daily News reports, "A man was crushed to death after he jumped in front of a subway train in Times Square on Monday, police said. The man, whose name was not immediately released, leaped in front of a northbound 3 train about 3:35 p.m., officials said. He died when the subway ran over him." more ›

We just received word over the wire that "Harbor & Aviation are conducting a water search for a white male with a beard and wearing a black jacket who jumped into the East River" from the Williamsburg Bridge. more ›

Last night, L train service was suspended between Bedford and Atlantic Avenues after a man was fatally struck by an oncoming train near the Halsey Street station. Now the Daily News reveals why the man committed suicide: Source says he was upset that his ex-girlfriend wouldn't take him back. more ›

After suffering a spinal cord injury and undergoing an operation yesterday, Vangelis Kapatos—the man whose nine-story suicidal jump was cushioned by a pile of trash that had accumulated during the blizzard—could possibly wind up paralyzed. His aunt told the Daily News that he will undergo another operation today, and explained why he jumped. After a harsh breakup and his father being diagnosed with cancer, his aunt says the last straw was learning that his building was going co-op. more ›

We all know that as far as the Bloomberg administration is concerned, if you smoke cigarettes anywhere within city limits, you're scum. So when cops saw trial lawyer Mark Moody taking a cigarette break on the sill of his second-floor apartment window, they wrongly identified him as an emotionally disturbed person, assumed he was trying to commit suicide, and brought him in for a psychiatric evaluation against his will. Because you must be suicidal if you're smoking cigarettes, right? more ›

Last night, around 8 p.m., a man was seen on the cables of the George Washington Bridge, closer to the NJ side and over a roadway. A source told Cliffview Pilot, "He is near the top of the cables and wants to come down but needs help"—apparently he didn't want to jump but he wanted ESU to get him. The source added, "He is calm and cooperative now. He has changed his mind." The bridge's upper level was closed until the Port Authority police were able to rescue him. more ›

A Department Of Transportation worker who was doing maintenance on the Washington Bridge in Washington Heights yesterday serendipitously stumbled upon a man about to jump, and was able to convince him not to. DOT veteran Isidor Suarez, 60, spotted a shirtless man (who was not named) on a ledge, about 13 stories above the river. He started talking to him in Spanish through a fence. more ›

Dozens of firefighters ran from Los Angeles to New York for the "Tour of Duty" run, ending in New York on September 11th. But as they were crossing the Brooklyn Bridge around 6:15 yesterday morning, a woman jumped to her death. Several of the firefighters ran toward her, but were unable to reach her before she jumped. Investigators are unsure whether or not her death had anything to do with the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. more ›

Reports of a woman overboard from the Staten Island Ferry were sent to an NYPD boat patrolling near lower Manhattan around 7:50 last night, beginning a high stakes rescue of a possibly suicidal woman. The woman plunged into the water near the Statue of Liberty, jumping from—of all ships—the Andrew J. Barberi, aka the "Ferry of Doom." more ›

Around 8 a.m. this morning we received an alert that a man was threatening to jump from his balcony on the Lower East Side. Now the NY Post has more details (and a photo), reporting that the incident took place at 257 Clinton Street, where the unidentified man was hanging from a 16th floor balcony allegedly readying to jump. But by 9:50 a.m. he was safely in police custody after he "gave up and he decided to go back into the apartment"—not before pointing to one of the Post's photographers, however. more ›

You don't know shame until the Post mocks you the day after the Post prints its interview with you. That's the lesson Maria McCormack, who complained to the paper about her "baby"—a red Dodge Charger—being damaged by an apparently suicidal man (she said, "I want to meet [jumper Tom Magill] and say, 'Why? Why my car out of all the cars in the city?'"). According to the Post, now McCormack says, "I have not slept since this has happened. My heart and prayers go out to the family. I've been praying for Tom. I wish him all the best and a speedy recovery." more ›

Maria McCormack lent her red Dodge Charger to her husband on Tuesday—only for the car to be totaled after cushioning the 39-story fall of an apparently suicidal man. She moaned to the Post, "I miss it. It's my baby... I want to meet [jumper Tom Magill] and say, 'Why? Why my car out of all the cars in the city?'" more ›

Friends of the Phish fan who jumped off the mezzanine at Jones Beach amphitheater during the band's setbreak Wednesday night say he's going to pull through. Speaking to the Post outside Nassau University Medical Center, one friend says, "It's really a miracle, man. He's just got some broken bones, but he's going to be fine. He's talking; he's sedated, he's sort of out of it. But surprisingly, he was able to talk." more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] First of all, they never should have stacked that 4,257-seat monstrosity on top of Jones Beach amphitheater back in 1998. Sure, the view of the sea is impressive, but if there's any wind that's where the sound is headed, too. On the night the mezzanine opened, one concertgoer told the Times, ''I think it's a little rude when you ask where your seats are and the usher laughs when he sees the ticket." ("Another couldn't decide whether the stage or the moon seemed closer. 'It's a tie,' the insurance broker said, shaking his head as he pulled from his pocket a set of tickets. He hadn't realized what mezzanine meant. 'The secretary in my office got these tickets. She's in trouble.' ") Anyway, last night we saw a guy fall about 50 feet to the seats below. more ›

After a man was unable to be restrained by police and apparently jumped to his death on Wednesday, the Manhattan DA's office is now looking into the incident. According to the Post, "investigators pored over surveillance video and photos to see if police acted properly" and are looking for witnesses. City employee Chukwudi Onyenwe was found masturbating in a woman's bathroom in his office building and fled. Police found him after 911 calls about an emotionally disturbed man on the Brooklyn Bridge, but Onyenwe fought them off. A lieutenant tried to Taser him, but the charge didn't work and Onyenwe leapt off the bridge. His body hasn't been found yet, and his father said, "I'm thinking that [the police] might not have handled it well because they let him fall into the river... I'm devastated." more ›