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College Student Falls To Death While Taking "Panoramic" Photo Outside Four Seasons Hotel
I never tried to scale a building, but I have put myself in situations where, had I slipped, things would not have turned out well.
For example, some thirty years ago, I stood on the edge of the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad bridge over U.S. 11 in Kingsley, Pennsylvania, to photograph a passing train. One step to the right, and....
It has a name:
Martins Creek Viaduct
College Student Falls To Death While Taking "Panoramic" Photo Outside Four Seasons Hotel
by Jen Chung in News on Dec 31, 2015 8:19 am
A 20-year-old college student from NJ was found dead on a roof of the Four Seasons Hotel last night. It's believed that Connor Cummings, 20, and a friend were scaling the midtown Manhattan hotel's facade to take a photograph when Cummings slipped and fell.
Connor Cummings (Facebook)
Police say that they responded to the hotel, located at 57 East 57th Street, at 11:15 p.m. A spokesman says that Cummings, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was found on a sub-roof (the Four Season has setbacks for different floors).
The Daily News reports, "As [Cummings and his friend] climbed in the pouring rain, one of the pair either jumped or fell, plunging nine stories until he landed on one of the lower rooftops of the luxury hotel."
The pair had used the scaffolding outside the hotel to climb up. According to the Post, Cummings was "attempt[ing] to take a 'panoramic' photograph."
by Jen Chung in News on Dec 31, 2015 8:19 am
A 20-year-old college student from NJ was found dead on a roof of the Four Seasons Hotel last night. It's believed that Connor Cummings, 20, and a friend were scaling the midtown Manhattan hotel's facade to take a photograph when Cummings slipped and fell.
Connor Cummings (Facebook)
Police say that they responded to the hotel, located at 57 East 57th Street, at 11:15 p.m. A spokesman says that Cummings, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was found on a sub-roof (the Four Season has setbacks for different floors).
The Daily News reports, "As [Cummings and his friend] climbed in the pouring rain, one of the pair either jumped or fell, plunging nine stories until he landed on one of the lower rooftops of the luxury hotel."
The pair had used the scaffolding outside the hotel to climb up. According to the Post, Cummings was "attempt[ing] to take a 'panoramic' photograph."
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It's where you climb up to the roof of a building, put yourself in a dangerous position and take a photo.
Some examples:
