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Man jumps from 8th floor of LIC hotel, dies instantly

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Jan. 3, 2016 Staff Report

A man jumped to his death from the eighth floor of the Country Inn & Suites hotel in Long Island City Sunday afternoon.

The 46-year-old victim, whose name has yet to be released, had been talking to the police just prior to jumping from the 40-34 Crescent Street hotel at about 2:50 pm, according to a NYPD spokeswoman.

Despite efforts to convince him otherwise, the victim jumped and was pronounced dead on the scene, according to police.

A representative of the hotel would not comment on the incident.

This story was originally posted with a photograph of the victim. It has been taken down out after being viewed as too graphic.

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RIP_bro

i wish the newspaper had not published that photo. this man was a gentle, sweet, caring man who had suffered gravely from depression nobody else other than him could understand. i wish the world could have known this beautiful human being.

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Andreas

I’m so so sorry, I wanted to give an “I like” but unfortunately my finger by mistake selected dislike. May his soul rest in peace, my sencere condolences go out to his family.

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Dana

Hotels in the out of thew Hotels in out-of-the-way spot such as this one end up being hotels for welfare clients. There appear be a small group of investors interested in changing Long Island City into a transient location for the homeless or troubled. Let’s work on stopping this troubling trend. Who owns this group of nasty, cheaply built, depressing establishments?

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Andy

I feel publishing the photo of the man’s body is unnecessary. I am a big fan of this site and I check it regularly, but something this graphic seems out of character for LICPost.

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