Man Falls To Death From 64th Floor Of Bangkok Condominium

[meemiathai]

I am OK with people having this ultimate choice. But jumping is rude, you could kill other people or traumatize children and Canadians, and you make the Thai government officials spend money to clean up the mess that could have been better used buying viagra to buy votes.

I know I am a shameless liberal but I would like to see a legal, legitimate medical way for people to be able to do this in a clean, safe (to others) and painless way. Jumping is not a painless way.

jumping is relatively painless. landing isn't.

I doubt it. Have you tried?

[Sunderland]

Forgive my stupidity, but why don't they make the pavements and roads more bouncy so these people who enjoy jumping off buildings will bounce straight back to where they came from?

[TAWP]

64th floor....

eeeessshhhh...

Surely the 64th floor gives them too much time to think about changing their minds! Why not make it 10 floors.

Condonlences to loved one that hurt more than the jerk who jumped!

10 floors you might possibly survive and you wouldn't want to after that. I have read that is very common to NOT die instantly from jumps, not a nice way to go.

Indeed. Especially since people have a tendency to try to land feet first...

And yes, you can find videos of jumpers online on some of the video-sites if you wanna verify that people survive long enough to have this way of going NOT be labeled 'clean and painless'. :/

[maipleur]

Well what a way to go... 64 floors means at least 7 seconds of "what have I done" time before hitting the ground. 2 am probably drunk? poor bugger, I wonder if he would have done it if he slept on it?

Then again did he jump. RIP!

[jayjayjayjay]

64th floor....

eeeessshhhh...

Surely the 64th floor gives them too much time to think about changing their minds! Why not make it 10 floors.

Condonlences to loved one that hurt more than the jerk who jumped!

10 floors you might possibly survive and you wouldn't want to after that. I have read that is very common to NOT die instantly from jumps, not a nice way to go.

I've heard that a cat has to fall from above the 9th floor to be sure of dying. Tell that to me kitty who feel of my 8th story balcony 5 years back! RIP

[MrSquigle]

peace be with pussy

[ThaiAdventure]

Lots of Japs come to thailand to commit suicide. even a friend of mine that works at the Vertigo Bar @ Banyan Tree hotel rooftop.. a japanese guy jumped off while she was on her shift.

Japan used to have the worlds highest suicide rates.

Maybe that's why Finland is holding the first place right now, if I'm not mistaken.

We don't have any tall buildings though.

I'd commit suicide too, if I lived in Finland

[torrenova]

I live in Pattaya and we do get a lot of jumpers. Some are suspiciously assisted deaths whilst some are dead before they fall (no blood when they hit the deck as the heart stopped long ago).

I think some think they will die but then don't and they end up with horrendous injuries. I'm not sure why they do it but I can understand the despair some people find themselves in. There must be easier ways out though rather than jumping.

[mikethevigoman]

Forgive my stupidity, but why don't they make the pavements and roads more bouncy so these people who enjoy jumping off buildings will bounce straight back to where they came from?

Trampolines ! at least that way you have a second chance if on the way down you think " oh shit.shes not worth it "

[Mosha]

It is not the height that kills. It's the landing.

[engineer]

Lots of Japs come to thailand to commit suicide. even a friend of mine that works at the Vertigo Bar @ Banyan Tree hotel rooftop.. a japanese guy jumped off while she was on her shift.

Japan used to have the worlds highest suicide rates.

Maybe that's why Finland is holding the first place right now, if I'm not mistaken.

We don't have any tall buildings though.

I am pretty sure that Sri Lanka has the highest suicide rates.

[MarcoH]

Lots of Japs come to thailand to commit suicide. even a friend of mine that works at the Vertigo Bar @ Banyan Tree hotel rooftop.. a japanese guy jumped off while she was on her shift.

Japan used to have the worlds highest suicide rates.

Maybe that's why Finland is holding the first place right now, if I'm not mistaken.

We don't have any tall buildings though.

I am pretty sure that Sri Lanka has the highest suicide rates.

Well been FINNISH and all,, it's seems that we dont do so good now days..

Highest Suicide Rates in the World

Rank Country Suicides per 100,000 inhabitants per year

1 Lithuania 42.0

2 Russia 37.4

3 Belarus 35.0

4 Latvia 34.3

5 Estonia 33.2

6 Hungaryk 32.1

7 Slovenia 30.9

8 Ukraine 29.4

9 Kazakhstan 28.7

10 Finland 24.3

Source: http://www.aneki.com/suicide.html

[MrSquigle]

Developers should build in a mosaic target in the carparks or entry section. Nobody would know what it was, only visible from height.

Competitions and betting could take place every saturday night.

[LiveSteam]

It's not the height or the landing it's the bounce that kills you.

It is not the height that kills. It's the landing.

[1Lucky]

Cracking thread thaivisa - a real sophisticated approach to a very sad subject.

[duceahearts]

... I blame it on the girl friend, she kicked him over the edge for the condo, house, truck, farm what ever, it's down to her. end of.

Dah

[wrecker]

It is not that obvious that it was suicide. Suicides are only surely suicides when the jumper was found with his or hers hands handcuffed behind the back and a plastic bag strapped over the head. In all other cases murder might be suspected.

[cigar7]

I think many of the reported suicides are not actual suicides. How thoroughly are these jumping incidents investigated? I'm thinking at least one third of all farang reported suicides have at least one other person involved.

What are the statistics on Thai versus farang suicides in Thai cities?

[MrSquigle]

you doing a lot of thinking !

[NanLaew]

I think many of the reported suicides are not actual suicides. How thoroughly are these jumping incidents investigated? I'm thinking at least one third of all farang reported suicides have at least one other person involved.

What are the statistics on Thai versus farang suicides in Thai cities?

Who the heck cares about that stat?

What would that prove? That we aint as prolific or as significant as some like to think we are.

[sonnyJ]

It's not the height or the landing it's the bounce that kills you.

It is not the height that kills. It's the landing.

Well my good friend performed it successfully from 5 th floor back home.

[Scott]

A lot of speculation, but does anybody know who this person was? Where was he from? Any other details about his life?

[JR Texas]

A lot of speculation, but does anybody know who this person was? Where was he from? Any other details about his life?

There is nothing funny about suicide. But I know that many of us feel uncomfortable with the topic and that makes us laugh (sort of human nature). There are at least four things that could have happened, among them: 1) mentally disturbed, 2) murdered (pushed), 3) extremely depressed, 4) terminally ill (avoiding pain). This sort of thing is happening way too much.........

[tijnebijn]

A lot of speculation, but does anybody know who this person was? Where was he from? Any other details about his life?

There is nothing funny about suicide. But I know that many of us feel uncomfortable with the topic and that makes us laugh (sort of human nature). There are at least four things that could have happened, among them: 1) mentally disturbed, 2) murdered (pushed), 3) extremely depressed, 4) terminally ill (avoiding pain). This sort of thing is happening way too much.........

The first and third are basically the same not ?

[MarcoH]

What are the statistics on Thai versus farang suicides in Thai cities?

Do we have some other cities in thailand than thai cities,,,have i missed something here

[trajan]

Man falls to death from 64th floor of Bangkok condominium

An unidentified man, believed to be a foreigner, jumped to his death from the 64th floor of the 68-floor State Tower Condominium early Friday, police said.

Police said the apparent suicide happened at 2 am in Bangkok's Yannawa district.

The man could not yet be identified but police believe he was a foreigner from an Asian country.

Witnesses told police that he saw the man jumped from the 64th floor and landed on the rain-protection wall of a three-storey shop house.

Source: The Nation - 30 November 2007

I was at the Sirocco bar (64th floor of the State Tower) last night with friends visitng from the States......none of the bar tenders or other staff heard anything about a jumper....

[kiakaha]

Floor 64...thats gotta be close to the Thailand record height for a fall ?

[Tony Clifton]

Floor 64...thats gotta be close to the Thailand record height for a fall ?

I think the guy in Pattaya who hired a small plane last year, opened the door and jumped with a backpack full of rocks over the gulf has beat this one on height.

[sonnyJ]

Floor 64...thats gotta be close to the Thailand record height for a fall ?

I think the guy in Pattaya who hired a small plane last year, opened the door and jumped with a backpack full of rocks over the gulf has beat this one on height.

But does it count since he had been airborne for a while already?

Edited December 3, 2007 by sonnyJ

[kiakaha]

Floor 64...thats gotta be close to the Thailand record height for a fall ?

I think the guy in Pattaya who hired a small plane last year, opened the door and jumped with a backpack full of rocks over the gulf has beat this one on height.

Obviously knew nothing about fundamental physics (acceleration of gravity = 10 m/s)..unless he counted on surviving the impact at terminal velocity and being assured of sinking