This week, a veteran NYPD officer distraught over being called to testify in the ticket-fixing scandal which has engulfed the police force attempted (but failed) to commit suicide. Officer Robert McGee, who is currently at North Central Bronx Hospital because of burns from clutching the third rail, is telling friends that he's "ashamed of this whole thing." One source close to McGee told the News, "He said it was a spur-of-the-moment decision. He's 62, with 30 years [on the job] and an unblemished record, and to go out like this is not the way to retire. You want to retire the way you came in, with pride." more ›

Mere days after a distraught tourist was talked out of jumping from atop Rockefeller Center, a Bronx woman was prevented from giving her life to the Hudson River. Yesterday a 57-year-old woman was pulled from the water after jumping from a ferry to the Statue of Liberty a little before 3 p.m. more ›

Northbound A train service above 168th Street stopped for over an hour this afternoon as police investigated a possible suicide attempt at the 175th Street station. The MTA tells us a woman appears to have jumped in front of the train at 2:23 p.m. and has been taken to Harlem Hospital. Her condition is currently unclear. Expect residual delays for the next hour. more ›

The young man whose suicide attempt last weekend was thwarted by a garbage pile is not going to be paralyzed, as had previously been suspected. Vangelis Kapatos, 26, is currently recovering at Bellevue hospital and his aunt reports he is responding to family members and will recover. It remains to be seen if he'll get to stay in the apartment whose years of back rent appears been a factor in the attempt. But after an incident like this, and with a building shareholders like that, now seems as good a time to make a fresh start as any. more ›

Yesterday afternoon, a twenty-six year-old suicidal man attempted to take his life by jumping nine stories off his 45th Street apartment building, but was saved by a post-blizzard pile of trash that had been collecting all week. And apparently it was an even closer call than expected. The 100-bag trash heap had reportedly been kept in the apartment building's basement all week, and had just been brought up to the street on Sunday morning. One neighbor said, “I can’t believe the garbage broke his fall. I guess the trash saved the guy." more ›

Earlier this afternoon, we got a report of a jumper down on 45th Street and 8th Avenue. The unidentified man tried to jump to his death from nine stories up, but was saved by a massive pile of garbage that hadn't been picked up because of the blizzard. He was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where he is currently in critical condition, but one official told the Daily News that the garbage pile is "the only reason he's alive." Does this mean Mayor Bloomberg is off the hook? more ›

When F and G service was disrupted on Wednesday due to a person on the tracks at Brooklyn's 7th Avenue station, it was due to a suicide attempt. The Brooklyn Paper reports that a 34-year-old Park Slope woman made the leap onto the tracks as an F train was entering the station, but it slowed significantly and even though she ended up under the train, she survived. They report that paramedics spent around 40 minutes trying to retrieve her from the tracks, and she only suffered a few deep cuts. There's a series of photos from the rescue here. more ›

Just after the Brooklyn Bridge Park ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday, a 41-year-old Long Island woman jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge. According to the Daily News, she survived the plunge and the NYPD Harbor cops pulled her from the waters. Susan Cloud is currently in critical condition at Bellevue Hospital. The drop is 120-feet, and has been survived before—in December a 22-year-old woman recovered after taking the leap, and last January a man walked away from his jump off the Manhattan Bridge. more ›

Rapists, kiddie porno and plotting thieves all figure into socialite Gigi Jordan’s suicide note, but as far as officials are concerned, they’re all fabricated. The letter—found on her laptop after she allegedly fed her autistic son a fatal dose of prescription pills and attempted to kill herself—was revealed in court yesterday. Much of her paranoia focused on her ex-husband: "I feel his final revenge will be to kill [m]e and use [our son] in the sex trade," she wrote. According the defense the wild 20-page letter is evidence Jordan should be allowed out on bond to undergo psychiatric treatment at St. Vincent's. more ›

Yesterday the sad news came out that Howard Stern sidekick and comedian Artie Lange attempted suicide over the weekend by stabbing himself nine times. His mother found him in his Hoboken apartment around 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Wishing the incident hadn't hit the press, Stern addressed it on his show once it did (listen below), saying in part: "I'm pissed off that this story got out there. I'm pissed off at the shithead who maybe got paid 10 bucks to tip off Page Six." more ›

Police divers rescued a woman who jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge wearing just pajamas yesterday morning. The 22-year-old Manhattan resident, whose name has not been released, leapt from the span near its midpoint into the East River just after 7 am. more ›

On Tuesday, the NY Post claimed—through its unnamed sources— that Alexa Ray Joel had been on a terrible family vacation with mother Christie Brinkley days before the 23-year-old apparent suicide attempt. Well, Brinkley and ex-husband Billy Joel issued a joint statement slamming the tabloid's coverage. more ›

Billy Joel's daughter's hospitalization following an apparent suicide attempt occurred just days after the 23-year-old singer returned home from a "dysfunctional family getaway" with her supermodel mother Christie Brinkley, the Post reports. more ›

After being hospitalized for an apparent suicide attempt, Billy Joel's daughter Alexa Ray Joel is "feeling much better," her publicist told People. more ›

After his child was hospitalized following an apparent suicide attempt yesterday, Billy Joel says his 23-year-old daughter Alexa Ray Joel "is going to be fine." Alexa Ray was rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday after a roommate called 911 to report an “emotionally disturbed person” was “having trouble breathing” in their West Village apartment, the Times reports. more ›

A reader sends us these pictures from the Brooklyn Bridge and says, "Police are trying to talk him down. Crowd on bridge yelling for him not to jump." The jumper is at about mid-span. Update: Looks like the police and crowd were successful: We hear that the man was talked down and is now in police custody. more ›

Thank goodness for the eagle eyes of Staten Island Ferry captain Christopher Covella. His and his crew's actions led to the rescue of 23-year-old Hannah Upp, a public school teacher missing since August 29. more ›