Yale University Student From Texas Dies In Leap From Empire State Building In New York City

A Texas man who died in a leap from the observation deck of the Empire State Building on Tuesday has been identified as a student from Yale University.

The New York Daily News is reporting that he left a suicide note in his dormitory on the Yale campus in New Haven.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/03/31/2010-03-31_man_who_leaped_to_death_from_empire_state_building_idd_as_yale_university_studen.html

Visitors to the New York City landmark know that the fence around the observation deck is difficult to climb. Seven people were on the observation deck at the time, and one of them tried to talk the Yale student down from the fence, according to the Daily News.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/03/30/2010-03-30_man_leaps_to_his_death_from_86th_floor_observation_deck_at_empire_state_building.html