Judge rules Cornell, Ithaca can be sued over 2010 bridge suicide

Ithaca Journal | Mar 25, 2014 | D.W. Nutt

[Slings and Arrows]

Link and title only - Gannett.

[noinfringers2]

The same situation came about during my training at Camp Hood Texas in early 1944, A platoon sgt. the day before during a very heavy rain did not break cadence for his platoon when crossing a swollen stream. The bridge tumbled and several soldiers with full back pack got tossed out and drowned. Lesson learned the next day for our platoon. My recall is that it was scary enough.

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

So why did Howard drive his son, Bradley, to commit suicide?

[liberalh8ter]

Unless the bridge fell down onto the kid and killed him, how on earth is the kid’s suicide due to faulty maintenance. The only connection I see here is the leap - both in liberal logic and the kid’s chosen method of suicide.

[Daffynition]

Man Rescued From Icy Connecticut River In Hartford [after attempted suicide jump from the Bulkeley Bridge]

This episode has *FAIL* written all over it....since they were unable to talk him down....and....wait for the comic gold..... **Assistant Chief Jay Silver went to the roof of a building on East River Drive in East Hartford to get a view of the man and direct rescuers to him. He stepped onto a snow-covered skylight and fell through, dropping 16 feet to a stairwell landing and another 6 feet to the landing below, Silver broke his ankle and may have broken his nose...

I'm sorry Silver was injured but they should have left this druggie to his ultimate fate.

[Scoutmaster]

What's tragic is that Cornell is infamous for its high rate of student suicides, particularly by jumping from bridges, and has been for decades.

The article notes the number of jumping deaths between 1990 and 2010.

However, Cornell was already infamous for jumping deaths when I attended graduate school in the northeast in the late 1970s.

Before reading this story, if you had asked me what Cornell was known for, I would have answered "hotel and restaurant management, trying to endure Ithaca winters, and students committing suicide by jumping from bridges."

[kidd]

That picture is so cool. I went over that bridge at least twice every day (or its more modern replacement) for three years.

[cynwoody]

Found a pic. Bridge design has evolved a lot in 100 years.

Hah! It's all lawyered up, today.

Location.