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Trash Saves Man From Suicide Jump

Posted by samzenpus on from the good-garbage dept.

abhatt writes "Uncollected trash and heaps of snow in New York after last week's blizzard-although irritating to many residents-may have saved a man's life. The man attempted suicide Sunday by jumping from the ninth floor of a building in midtown Manhattan, but the garbage broke his fall, according to New York police."

3 comments

  1. This is the USA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I bet he sues the city because their negligence foiled his suicide attempt.

    Either that, or this is the USA and they execute him for trying to take his own life. That'll teach him.

    1. Re:This is the USA by tiberus · · Score: 1

      Was thinking "Trash Foils Man's Suicide Attempt" would be a more accurate headline. I doubt, at the time, he considered himself saved.

  2. Man Jumps from building by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Lands in world of crap