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14-Year-Old NJ Boy Said Nothing Before Deadly Leap From Hudson Yards Vessel, Report Says 14-Year-Old NJ Boy Said Nothing Before Deadly Leap From Hudson Yards Vessel, Report Says
14-Year-Old NJ Boy Said Nothing Before Deadly Leap From Hudson Yards Vessel, Report Says A 14-year-old New Jersey boy leapt to his death from The Vessel at Hudson Yards in New York City Thursday. The teen was with his parents, sister and grandmother, and said nothing before the jumped around 12:50 p.m., the New York Post reports. Police did not disclose the boy's identity, however, NJ1015 says he was from Livingston. This is the fourth suicide at the building in the last 18 months, and could prompt The Vessel to close, the outlet said. “We are heartbroken by this tragedy and our thoughts are with the family of the young person who lost his life,” Hudson Yards spokeswoman Kimb…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NYC Woman Follows Fatal Leap From Hudson Yards Vessel With Heartbreaking Instagram Post NYC Woman Follows Fatal Leap From Hudson Yards Vessel With Heartbreaking Instagram Post
NYC Woman Follows Fatal Leap From Hudson Yards Vessel With Heartbreaking Instagram Post A 24-year-old New York City woman leapt to her death from the Vessel in Hudson Yards on Tuesday. Yocheved Gourarie, of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, scheduled an Instagram post to publish the following day, where she assured strangers and loved ones alike: "I am no longer in pain." Last February, Somerset County native Peter DeSalvo, 19, took a fatal plunge from the landmark structure. Gourarie was the valedictorian of her graduating class at Shalhevet High School, and went on to graduate with a perfect GPA from highly-selective Macauly Honors College at CUNY, The Village Sun reports. Gourari…

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by Cecilia Levine