Piles of Uncollected Garbage in New York Save Lives!
Rob Long ·
Jan 2, 2011 at 1:42pm
The upside to a city that can't plow the snow and can't collect the garbage? From the NYDaily News:
A man who tried to jump to his death from a midtown building Sunday survived the plunge because he landed in a pile of garbage, officials said.
Police believe the man jumped from the ninth floor of a building on W. 45th St. near Eighth Ave. a few minutes before noon. He was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.
"He landed on a garbage pile," one official said. "That's the only reason he's alive."
Trash collection in the city was suspended because of the Dec. 26 snowstorm.
The man, who is in his 30s, was not identified.
Something for Mayor Bloomberg to put into his memory book, I guess.
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Dec '10
Re: Piles of Uncollected Garbage in New York Save Lives!
This somehow reminds me of a Smothers Brothers number.
Jun '10
Re: Piles of Uncollected Garbage in New York Save Lives!
Yeah, but how many rats did he kill?
Jan '11
Re: Piles of Uncollected Garbage in New York Save Lives!
Uncollected garbage!
This has the potential to revolutionize suicide prevention efforts in Detroit and Camden.
Jul '10
Re: Piles of Uncollected Garbage in New York Save Lives!
"Start pilin' the trash....
I'm leapin' today....
I want to be on top of it...."
Aug '10
Re: Piles of Uncollected Garbage in New York Save Lives!
At least Christian Bales' mamma was always there. Some of us were fortunate to see him land in the pile a couple times as a part of one of the best movies we've seen in awhile, right up there with Winter's Bone, City Island.
Edited on Jan 2, 2011 at 4:58pmJul '10
Re: Piles of Uncollected Garbage in New York Save Lives!
flownover: At least Christian Bales' mamma was always there. Some of us were fortunate to see him land in the pile a couple times as a part of one of the best movies we've seen in awhile, right up there with Winter's Bone, City Island. · Jan 2 at 4:51pm
Edited on Jan 02 at 04:58 pm
It's a good fight movie, though it does tend to drag in places. I would rate it 3rd in the genre, behind Raging Bull and Cinderella Man.
Certainly the best thing Mark Wahlberg has done since Boogie Nights.
Dec '10
Re: Piles of Uncollected Garbage in New York Save Lives!
This also reminds me of the episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm ("Nanny From Hell") where Cheri Oteri pushes a pregnant Suzie Green over the side of a balcony but she is saved by the pile of 12 or so sponge cakes that Larry had bought for Jeff for his birthday from his favorite bakery and Suzie had thrown into the garbage because she didn't want Jeff getting any fatter.
When it's not your time, it's not your time.
Maybe "the island" still has work for this unidentified man in his 30's to do.
Jul '10
Re: Piles of Uncollected Garbage in New York Save Lives!
I'm loathe to mock the unfortunate, but apparently this was the guy's third suicide attempt. He'd previously cut his own throat and subsequently tried to hang himself.
Perhaps he needs competent end-of-life counseling.
May '10
Re: Piles of Uncollected Garbage in New York Save Lives!
Hopefully the guy will recover fully. And then he can return to work and paying taxes which cover the sanitation department's costs of not plowing the snow and not picking up the trash.
May '10
Re: Piles of Uncollected Garbage in New York Save Lives!
Kenneth: I'm loathe to mock the unfortunate, but apparently this was the guy's third suicide attempt. He'd previously cut his own throat and subsequently tried to hang himself.
Perhaps he needs competent end-of-life counseling. · Jan 2 at 7:21pm
Or maybe Obamacare's death panel.
Re: Piles of Uncollected Garbage in New York Save Lives!
Kenneth: I'm loathe to mock the unfortunate, but apparently this was the guy's third suicide attempt. He'd previously cut his own throat and subsequently tried to hang himself.
Perhaps he needs competent end-of-life counseling. · Jan 2 at 7:21pm
This was his third attempt? I'm wondering what that means, in psychological terms. Does it mean he really doesn't want to succeed, or that no matter what the guy does, his life still stinks?