Second Jumper Dies At Columbus Circle in Less Than A Year: Report

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY – An 84-year-old man leapt to his death on Saturday morning, police confirmed. He was found face down, unresponsive, and was pronounced dead at the scene, an NYPD spokesperson told Patch.

An investigation is ongoing.

The grisly scene unfolded at the tony Anagram Columbus Circle at 1 West 60th Street, according to the New York Post. Although the man’s body was found on a third-floor balcony, his foot was apparently severed in the fall, landing on a car in front of the building.

The Anagram is a newly constructed residential tower – completed earlier this year – where second-floor studio apartments rent for $7,000 a month.

It’s the second instance of a person jumping to their death in less than a year in the area, where a 17-year-old died after he leapt from the roof of the Mandarin Oriental.

Saturday's incident at the Anagram follows the July death of Fandango co-founder J. Michael Cline, who leapt to his death from the Kimberly Hotel in Midtown.

Suicide is a leading cause of death in New York City, which recorded 521 deaths by suicide in 2021. For context, police reported 386 homicides in 2023, 438 in 2022, and 488 in 2021.

Nationwide, deaths due to suicide have risen from roughly 40,000 in 2011 to nearly 50,000 in 2022, according to the CDC.

If you are having suicidal thoughts, dial 988 for the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.