http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/10/man-dies-in-jump-from-worlds-tallest-building/comment-page-10/?iref=obinsite

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"A man committed suicide Tuesday by jumping off the 147th floor of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The man landed on a deck on the 108th floor of the 160-story structure, according to news reports from Dubai. Dubai police confirmed the suicide, according to a report posted by The Gulf Today. The man was described as an Asian in his mid-30s. "The deceased works at one of the companies located at Burj Khalifa itself. We also came to know that the man decided to commit suicide as his company refused to grant leave," a police official told The Gulf Today. The Burj Khalifa is 2,716.5 feet tall and is the tallest free-standing structure in the world. It officially opened in 2010."

So this building is so fucking tall that he jumped off of one part of it, fell 40 stories, and still landed on another part of the building? I mean, technically he jumped off the building, but he also jumped on it as well. Anyway, just thought it was a strange suicide.

6/6/2011 10:14:32 AM

Pretty good accuracy to land on a deck 300 feet below. I bet dude ran shit on Pilotwings.

6/6/2011 10:15:41 AM

^lol

I would have expected the wind to at least carry him the small distance away from the building to miss the deck. Homey fell like a rock...

6/6/2011 10:18:28 AM

damn buildings killing folks

6/6/2011 10:22:16 AM

black and yellow... you know what it is

6/6/2011 10:41:41 AM

Strangest part was he didn't even jump off the top, fell 40 stories, and when he landed he was still higher than all but one building in America

Also its probably more like:

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"The deceased works was enslaved at at one of the companies located at Burj Khalifa itself. "

6/6/2011 10:58:34 AM

I would have expected the wind to at least carry him the small distance toward the building to hit the deck.

6/6/2011 11:01:40 AM

Why is this surprising? Falling a few stories can kill most people and most buildings get skinnier as you go up.

6/6/2011 11:04:59 AM

Same thing could happen at rbc or bbt downtown raleigh.

6/6/2011 11:05:43 AM

Asian suicide? Was he Japanese?

6/6/2011 11:25:34 AM

Must be. Asia is part of Japan.

6/6/2011 11:29:44 AM

would have been cool if he clipped the side of that deck causing him to do flips

like that guy in Titanic that hit the propeller

6/6/2011 11:30:42 AM

Ro No! Don't keel roself!

6/6/2011 11:33:41 AM

lol @ the sounds

6/6/2011 11:36:02 AM

^ The propeller guy had me CRYING of laughter in the theater. People were SO mad.

6/6/2011 11:37:40 AM

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"^ The propeller guy had me CRYING of laughter in the theater. People were SO mad."

I don't know how people didn't laugh at that.

6/6/2011 11:51:39 AM

[old] happened last month...

6/6/2011 11:57:18 AM

propeller guy is the first thing i think of when someone mentions titanic.

6/6/2011 12:01:28 PM

I think of Billy Zane's breathtaking performance as Nathan "Cal" Hockley

6/6/2011 12:05:11 PM

I too laughed at the propeller guy... but I'm just an insensitive son of a bitch.

6/6/2011 12:06:29 PM

around the time the movie came out i first thought of wanting to punch celine dion in the face

6/6/2011 12:07:03 PM

when titanic came out, I was looking forward to playing Half-life and quake.

6/6/2011 12:12:36 PM

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"Pretty good accuracy to land on a deck 300 feet below. I bet dude ran shit on Pilotwings."

hahahaa

6/6/2011 12:17:57 PM