81 year old woman jumps to her death in front of wedding guests

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...from a Manhattan and is decpitated as she lands. How horrifying..Good God ! They say she's unidentified so one wonders how they know her age..

The unidentified 81-year-old leaped to her death from the 28th story of the luxury Park Regis Apartments in New York's Upper East Side on Saturday around 3.30pm, the NYPD told DailyMail.com.

A wedding was being held at the time at a Carnegie Hill church, according to local news outlet Upper East Site.
Horrified witnesses recalled the moment she was decapitated after becoming caught on railings and balconies on the side of the building.

'I pulled up just as she was laying there, she had no head,' a building resident told the New York Post on Saturday. 'The head and the arm were clean cut off on the other side, they ended up on the terrace.'
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Woman decapitated in Manhattan after publicly jumping to her death
 

Della said:
I can understand why some people may want to kill themselves, but I can never understand why some choose terrifying, horrific deaths.
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Maybe she was sleep walking. Years ago, there was a young interior decorator guy who had a television decorating program with his partner. Wonderful personality and everyone loved watching them on their show. And then one day a horrible tragedy, he'd sleep walked off the balcony of their apartment and died. That was the end of the show, his partner just couldn't continue.
 
There you are at a wedding recognizing the joyful exuberance and optimism of youth, while realizing it's over for you. I can understand that could be a bit unsettling, but jumping out of a window seems like an over reaction. Of course, we don't really know why she did that. Now I'm thinking about the Bride and Groom and what effect that had on their day of happiness and joy. They will never forget that day.
 
JustDave said:
There you are at a wedding recognizing the joyful exuberance and optimism of youth, while realizing it's over for you. I can understand that could be a bit unsettling, but jumping out of a window seems like an over reaction. Of course, we don't really know why she did that. Now I'm thinking about the Bride and Groom and what effect that had on their day of happiness and joy. They will never forget that day.
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In my opinion weddings are hugely overestimated. At our wedding we had only my wife's parents (mine were already dead) and two marriage witnesses, which we still needed at that time, in the restaurant. We are still living together, whereas several marriages with dozens of guests I know (three female cousins) got divorced only after some years.

And the incident? They'll remember it and can tell the story their grandchildren.

I know the case that on a Saturday night while all the wedding guests were in a restaurant, the bridal couple came to a veterinarian with their dog because of an emergency. The vet had to euthanize the dog. To us he said "they should have come earlier". Stupid people who don't care for their dog but put the wedding in the first place.
 
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JustDave said:
There you are at a wedding recognizing the joyful exuberance and optimism of youth, while realizing it's over for you. I can understand that could be a bit unsettling, but jumping out of a window seems like an over reaction. Of course, we don't really know why she did that. Now I'm thinking about the Bride and Groom and what effect that had on their day of happiness and joy. They will never forget that day.
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yes that was my first thought, about the bride & groom....
 
You're a bit of a strange bird, @hollydolly

You ghosted me for my dementia joke, but you continually post bizarre stories about seniors getting decapitated and dying in gruesome ways. The incongruity of it all is not lost on me.

You truly have a ghoulish side to you.
 
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JustDave said:
There you are at a wedding recognizing the joyful exuberance and optimism of youth, while realizing it's over for you. I can understand that could be a bit unsettling, but jumping out of a window seems like an over reaction. Of course, we don't really know why she did that. Now I'm thinking about the Bride and Groom and what effect that had on their day of happiness and joy. They will never forget that day.
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Was she a guest at the wedding, or was the wedding simply being held nearby? It sounds like the buildings were adjacent, or across the street from one another, and she just happened to jump in view of the wedding guests.

Either way, I agree, @JustDave; that's one memory the bride and groom will never forget.
 
What an undignified end!
When someone commits suicide, they never seem to consider the effect on other people. I live close to a canal and people are often found dead in the water. At least no-one else is involved in their death. However, throw yourself in front of a train and the driver will see you but be unable to stop. He will have to live with that for the rest of his life.
 
Lavinia said:
What an undignified end!
When someone commits suicide, they never seem to consider the effect on other people. I live close to a canal and people are often found dead in the water. At least no-one else is involved in their death. However, throw yourself in front of a train and the driver will see you but be unable to stop. He will have to live with that for the rest of his life.
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I really sympathise with train drivers, they must dread such things happening.
 
KSav said:
Was she a guest at the wedding, or was the wedding simply being held nearby? It sounds like the buildings were adjacent, or across the street from one another, and she just happened to jump in view of the wedding guests.

Either way, I agree, @JustDave; that's one memory the bride and groom will never forget.
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Their day is forever ruined.A day that should have been about happiness and joy.
 
KSav said:
Was she a guest at the wedding, or was the wedding simply being held nearby? It sounds like the buildings were adjacent, or across the street from one another, and she just happened to jump in view of the wedding guests.

Either way, I agree, @JustDave; that's one memory the bride and groom will never forget.
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who knows her reasons, the press haven't said yet...... if she was mentally ill.. she wouldn't even be thinking of anyone else but her own situation......she could have landed on someone, and killed them that would be even more horrific....

Just a horrible, horrible way to die.... I often wonder what the thoughts of people who commit suicide this way are as they fall...
 
hollydolly said:
who knows her reasons, the press haven't said yet...... if she was mentally ill.. she wouldn't even be thinking of anyone else but her own situation......she could have landed on someone, and killed them that would be even more horrific....

Just a horrible, horrible way to die.... I often wonder what the thoughts of people who commit suicide this way are as they fall...
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There have been some survivors who jumped off the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge. One woman who survived said her thought was regret.
 
I've known a few people who have committed suicide.
It seems to me it's the most selfish act a person can undertake.
The effect on the survivors is cruel.
 

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