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NYC Prep Student Leaps to Death Into Recess Crowd

Fourth-graders out playing as body plunges to ground

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(Newser) – A 17-year-old student at an elite Manhattan prep school leapt to his death from an eleventh-story classroom window yesterday, reports the New York Daily News. His plunging body narrowly missed a group of fourth graders playing in front of the Dalton School. "I heard a loud bang," said a school security guard. "It sounded like a gunshot. He was just dead."

The Dalton School on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
The Dalton School on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
The entrance at Manhattan's elite Dalton School, where a student plunged to his death yesterday.
The entrance at Manhattan's elite Dalton School, where a student plunged to his death yesterday.
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NutsInNY
Feb 19, 09 6:09 AM CST
He's now in preppy hell... or is that redundant? Reply
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Vanilla
Feb 19, 09 6:22 AM CST
Sounds like drama from Gossip Girl or something. Tragic nonetheless. Reply
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PhillytoWinnetka
Feb 19, 09 8:04 PM CST
What a sad story. We should pray for that child who certainly was in alot of pain to have ended his life in such a violent way. Hopefully he is with God now. Reply
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