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Fordham University senior, 22, dies after she fell from campus bell tower
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:44 am
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:44 am
Was it worth it? What a waste
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A Fordham University student who climbed the campus' landmark bell tower Sunday to snap photos of the New York City skyline has died after she accidentally fell
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Sydney Monfries, a 22-year-old senior, was taking part in a 3 a.m. climb when she fell through an opening on the first landing of the tower, plummeted 40 feet and struck her head, the New York Post reported. Her condition had been listed as critical at a hospital in the Bronx not far from the Fordham campus, but on Sunday evening, the university's president announced her death in an email to students.
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"Our hearts go out to Sydney’s parents, and her family and friends—theirs is an unimaginable loss, and we share their grief," Rev. Joseph M. McShane wrote. "There are no words sufficient to describe the loss of someone so young and full of promise—and mere weeks from graduation. Fordham will confer a bachelor’s degree upon Sydney posthumously, which we will present to her parents at the appropriate time."
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Students said climbing the tower, touching the bell and taking photos of the sweeping views were part of a senior-year “rite of passage,”
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Last October, a new study by researchers in India found that more than 250 people worldwide have died while taking selfies in the last six years
This post was edited on 4/15/19 at 7:52 am
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:45 am to DemonKA3268
quote:Didn't something similar to this happen at LSU a few years back?
Will the selfie madness ever stop?
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:46 am to DemonKA3268
48 hours ago {would} now would not
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:46 am to DemonKA3268
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Students said climbing the tower, touching the bell and taking photos of the sweeping views were part of a senior-year “rite of passage,”
Not anymore
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:47 am to upgrayedd
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Not anymore
"take it down"
should be a few companies with recent experience available
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:48 am to DemonKA3268
Doesn’t say she was taking selfies
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:49 am to JBeam
quote:Don't remember but I wouldn't doubt it.
Didn't something similar to this happen at LSU a few years back?
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:50 am to biglego
quote:Maybe not.
Doesn’t say she was taking selfies
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:52 am to DemonKA3268
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Doesn’t say she was taking selfies
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Maybe not.
riiiight
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:52 am to 777Tiger
quote:I would be willing to bet some selfies were taken.
riiiight
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:54 am to DemonKA3268
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I would be willing to bet some selfies were taken.
heck yeah
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:54 am to DemonKA3268
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Sydney Monfries, a 22-year-old senior, was taking part in a 3 a.m. climb when she fell through an opening on the first landing of the tower, plummeted 40 feet and struck her head, the New York Post reported.
Doesn't sound like she made it to the spot to take pictures.
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:55 am to DemonKA3268
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Last October, a new study by researchers in India found that more than 250 people worldwide have died while taking selfies in the last six years
So that is 41 people a year of about 7.5 billion people.
That is 0.0000000000000000000000000043% of the population.
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:57 am to TH03
quote:Don't know, never been there but why go at 3am?
Doesn't sound like she made it to the spot to take pictures.
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:58 am to DemonKA3268
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Don't know, never been there but why go at 3am?
I would imagine the campus police would frown on that if done overtly?
Posted on 4/15/19 at 7:59 am to DemonKA3268
So as a parent you raise an apparently bright child who has made all the right decisions so far only to have it all come crashing down. Kids just cant get that all it takes is one mistake and its over. Their mindset is its always someone else, never gonna happen to me. Feel bad for the parents.
This post was edited on 4/15/19 at 8:00 am
Posted on 4/15/19 at 8:00 am to 777Tiger
quote:I'm sure they would but I bet a bunch of flashes coming from the tower would be pretty obvious too.
I would imagine the campus police would frown on that if done overtly?
Posted on 4/15/19 at 8:02 am to DemonKA3268
Bet she really rung her bell....
Too soon...?
Too soon...?
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