'Unimaginable': UES High School Mourns Student After Fatal Fall

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UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — Members of the Regis High School are grieving on the Upper East Side after a 16-year-old student fell from a fifth-floor window and died on Thursday, school administrators said.

The student fell from a fifth-floor window of the East 84th Street building around 9:29 a.m., according to the New York City Police Department. He was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he later died from his injuries.

Authorities have not released his name, and police say no criminality is suspected.

"It is with heavy hearts that we write that one of our students tragically lost his life earlier today. We are deeply saddened by his loss, and we pray that the Lord welcomes him into eternal rest and comforts his family," Joe DeLessio, the director of communications at Regis, wrote to Patch.

Counselors and campus ministers will be available to students and families "as we begin the process of grieving," DeLessio said, noting that the coming days may be especially difficult for the tight-knit community.

"We recognize their profound loss, and we are doing everything we can to support them during this unimaginable tragedy," DeLessio said.

More details about the circumstances of the fall have not yet been released. According to the New York Post, the teen had been waiting to speak to an administrator over a disciplinary matter when he fell.

"The sudden loss of a classmate can be a profoundly difficult experience for students and their families," DeLessio said.

"Please keep our Regis community in your prayers."

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