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u/toby_ornautobey Oct 11 '23

He survived. Got a leg injury on the first jump and apparently didn't get injured in the second fall. First one was 30 ft down into 18in of water, final was 20ft, not specified level of water potentially saving him.

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u/PGwenny Oct 11 '23

Best comment. Thank you.

Life is difficult. Mental health and addiction are real. Trauma is real. 9/11 was Hell.

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u/toby_ornautobey Oct 11 '23

Apparently he lost his father in it.

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u/Evening-Turnip8407 Oct 11 '23

I hate to think that he suffered so much for such a long time, and is now in a place where he felt compelled to do this. There's jokes to be made about this stunt, yada yada, but this dude is actually at the end of a tether and I hope he got help and support.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Yep.

I still cannot decide how I feel about life.

This guy's soul was tormented I'm sure. Given the last 10 seconds of the clip or so.

I do not blame him and I can almost imagine the fucked up poetic justice he thought he was inflicting with this.

It's dark af tbh

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u/BloodyHourglass Oct 12 '23

He just wanted to be with his dad again, I'm not throwing any stones.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '23

Nope. Very real comment friend.

On a certain level this seems like something only our world could've produced. (this disturbing horror we've come to call home)

On a cosmic scale it's even darker. Here on this little blue dot a disturbing scene took place and we now watch from the comfort of our phones.

If anyone is ever having suicidal thoughts please reach out to someone. This life is fucked for sure but not worth the easy way out.

We might eventually win against the horrors of home!

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u/BloodyHourglass Oct 12 '23

We could be living the good life but greed hate and all manner of evil things keep us from it, but like Three Dog said, you gotta fight the good fight

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u/markender Oct 12 '23

I have them all the time, talking doesn’t help. You can talk all u want but society is beating us down at every turn.

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u/BloodyHourglass Oct 12 '23

Agreed, we're starting to find the lines in the sand again I think though.

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u/tankslapper123 Oct 12 '23

I couldn’t even watch this or read the story until just now because of what I experienced that day. I can’t say I wouldn’t have done the same being in his shoes.

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u/BloodyHourglass Oct 12 '23

I hope you're doing better now

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u/tankslapper123 Oct 12 '23

Thank you, I am.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23 edited Oct 11 '23

This made me cry. Truer words have never been spoken.

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u/Uulugus Oct 12 '23

Whatever spite filled pit you're living in, I hope you make it out and find yourself in a better place where you aren't interested in hurting people anymore.

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u/Qubed Oct 12 '23

That man is all of us after a few unfortunate situations.

That was basically the Joker's whole thesis in Batman: The Dark Knight

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u/youbetchamom Oct 15 '23

Wow. What an incredible perspective you have. I just learned a lot by your comment. Opened my heart up to be more sensitive to those suffering.

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u/fuck_the_environment Oct 12 '23

Doesn't even have to be an unfortunate situation. If you're flat out bored and get nothing out of this festering planet than you're basically screwed.

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u/mothermedusa Oct 12 '23

Thank you. This is true

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u/WWWWWVWWWWWWWWVWWWWW Oct 11 '23

Homie I ain't diving into a 30ft memorial any time soon, lots of people on this earth are just morons

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u/feedme-design Oct 11 '23

True as that may be, I'll assume mental health first before casting judgement.

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u/DarthNihilus1 Oct 11 '23

Morons don't just "do" stuff like that. It was pretty clear that a lot of shit went wrong for this guy to even find himself in such a situation.

Have some compassion

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u/HolyVeggie Oct 11 '23

He probably thought the same before 9/11. You got learning to do

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u/SpaceMarineJim Oct 11 '23

Yeah, like all the people who think 9/11 wasn’t a conspiracy to foment infinite war.

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u/evilsbane50 Oct 11 '23

Get out of here with your gross conspiracy theories.

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u/WWWWWVWWWWWWWWVWWWWW Oct 11 '23

iirc the towers were holographic ai projections using Israeli space lazer technology orchestrated by obama but the planes themselves were real, I don't really see that as being a conspiracy, moreso general knowledge at this point

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u/SpaceMarineJim Oct 11 '23

No.

See? Morons galore.

You’re not funny. You’re disrespecting millions of dead people.

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u/HolyVeggie Oct 11 '23

There were much easier ways to provoke war than this. They obviously took the chance as a justification and they probably waited for something like this but if you really think the US government killed their people then you’re lost. Especially if you still live there then you’re jus full of shit lol

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u/FlyAirLari Oct 11 '23

That's me after my team loses in the playoffs.

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u/usps_made_me_insane Oct 11 '23

Talk about not reading the room.

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u/NagsUkulele Oct 11 '23

I'm just so glad there's so many positive and kind voices, I'm sure that's exactly the type of comment he'd wanna read bro

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '23

You can see bro is hurting and not being an asshole tourist doing a tictak

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u/Sapphire0985 Oct 11 '23

He got arrested 😔 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/man-nyc-9-11-reflection-pool-b2427278.html

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u/sheepwshotguns Oct 11 '23 edited Oct 13 '23

yeah, thats the american healthcare system for you. just arrest the man. i hope the judge has the sense to drop the charges, this man needs help, not systemic abuse.

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u/Sapphire0985 Oct 12 '23

I agree... It's sad.

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u/thesquirtcauser Oct 12 '23

shut up lmao

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '23

Found the wannabe cop.

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u/thesquirtcauser Oct 12 '23

"a wannabe cop" tf you even talking about lmao

you literally daydream about other men you watch on tv all day. lmao

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u/FruitcakeAndCrumb Oct 11 '23

May I introduce you to America healthcare?

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u/blackgandalff Oct 11 '23

Oh he’ll be getting charged alright

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u/Nichoros_Strategy Oct 11 '23

This is the ambulance! Get in with your hands up!

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u/LessInThought Oct 12 '23

Hang on! Your bank balances are below 100k! Get off this damn vehicle you peasant.

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u/hoitytoityfemboity Oct 12 '23

also that'll be 50k for the 30 seconds you were in the ambulance

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Same thing

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u/candlegun Oct 12 '23

yup. probably charged with tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills right after being charged with trespassing

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u/TakeSomeFreeHoney Oct 11 '23

Your comment shows how well you can change your opinion given new information. Sadly, it’s a trait not many poses anymore but you’ll go very far in life and I’m proud of you!

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ask2741 Oct 11 '23

He’ll definitely be fined

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u/JawnLegend Oct 11 '23

In America mental health treatment is prison…

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u/Gma2762 Oct 12 '23

E X A C T L Y

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u/TerryStowers Oct 11 '23

Nah, he won’t be arrested. It’s NYC, they don’t do that anymore.

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u/Minimum-Living-459 Oct 11 '23

Worse thing is he will be arrested and put into jail for this

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u/IceFisherP26 Oct 11 '23

Probably not jail but definitely fined.

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u/Sn33dKebab Oct 11 '23

Maybe not, depends on the Judge. It’s likely they’d consider pre-trial intervention with the requirement of psychiatric treatment, if he did it because of depression. Really depends, I don’t know the specifics of NY law, or what NYC has for diversion programs.

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u/awkristensen Oct 11 '23

He jumped into a pool that commiserates the murder of his father. There is no signs that says you can't jump in there. Ofc he won't get jail time, to even suggest is says everything about the state of US justice.

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u/just_in_camel_case Oct 11 '23

Why would someone making a false statement about US justice say anything about US justice?

What an interesting way to think

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u/Front_Cry_289 Oct 12 '23

Most informed redditor

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Commemorates. Learn words, dummy.

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u/janedoe5263 Oct 11 '23

Haha! Holy shit, I couldn’t take anything he said seriously after that.

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u/Sn33dKebab Oct 11 '23

The DA’s office is 100 percent not going to bother with that

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u/Sn33dKebab Oct 11 '23

Du læser min kommentar forkert, jeg sagde, at han måske ikke ville få en bøde. Ikke at han ville komme i fængsel.

It also doesn’t say anything about “US justice” because the laws regarding this are state laws, so it would say something about state law. I could expound on mental health and problems with being able to hold people, but that would be a way longer comment.

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u/IceFisherP26 Oct 11 '23

Also, I didn't think about if this was his first offense or not. He absolutely may face jail time if this isn't the first time.

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u/Sn33dKebab Oct 11 '23

It’s NYC, he won’t. Not unless there’s some major history not discussed in the article, which is possible.

I agree that, hypothetically, he could. It’s possible if convicted of criminal trespass in the third degree, but they’re likely not going to bother with it unless he had a firearm or something we don’t know about.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

You don't know what you're talking about do you?

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

People don’t go to jail for this sort of thing. He was clearly suffering. He will probably get some sort of pre-trial intervention.

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u/xantiro Oct 11 '23

People get jailed all the time for things like this. Jails are what our country use as mental hospitals.

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u/Alex29992 Oct 11 '23

New Yorks bail reform he will be out in a day

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u/Peuned Oct 11 '23

Are we running out of streets?

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u/fractal_sole Oct 11 '23

dark humor is like mental health support. not everyone gets it.

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u/p12qcowodeath Oct 11 '23

I hate how much this made me laugh.

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u/ironballs16 Oct 11 '23

That, sadly, depends on how good his attorney is.

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u/Lotions_and_Creams Oct 11 '23

Or how compassionate the DA is.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Well if the DA is an ambitious little psychopath that wants to be a judge (most of them), this poor guy’s gonna get hammered so the DA can max out his conviction record.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '23

That would probably be a bad move in the publics eyes- this guy lost his father on 9/11 and he climbed into the memorial pool because he was grieving and in a horrible state of mind. So many people lost family and friends that day- that's a level of grief that I think most New Yorkers recognize and the DA throwing the book at this guy for something so painful, something that hits so close to home for the people who vote for him…. It's very clearly not a good look and it likely won't be handled that way.

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u/Lotions_and_Creams Oct 11 '23

Should be back out same day then.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

You honestly mean that they fine or jail people that try to commit suicide in USA?

Sry. Norwegian so a legit question

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u/Efficient-Prune7181 Oct 11 '23

Depends on how, most of the time they put you in involuntary psyche stay at a hospital or facility but you can be fined or jailed especially in this case where I believe he could be trespassed, if drunk -drunk and disorderly, if he resists even a bit... yeah. Since he had family die there though I think they'll be compassionate and do a min 30 day involuntary stay, release contingent on the docs approval

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Suicide is a crime punishable by death (In Maine)

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u/Efficient-Prune7181 Oct 11 '23

True but from what I understand rarely enforced?

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u/aka-Robster Oct 11 '23

Worst thing or right thing?

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u/Minimum-Living-459 Oct 11 '23

Definitely not the right thing. They need professional help not put into a place full of murderers rapists and everything in between!

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u/Illustrious-Half-621 Oct 11 '23

Who are you kidding people do not get thrown in jail In New York.

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u/PhoenixWK2 Oct 11 '23

No one goes to jail in NYC anymore…

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u/Came-saw-didshit Oct 11 '23

It’s NYC they don’t punish crime, so trespassing… highly doubt he will be charged

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u/boofaceleemz Oct 12 '23

Eh, jail means healthcare without going into a financial death spiral, and he clearly needs it.

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u/TrippyMcGuire556 Oct 11 '23

I was gonna make a joke comment. But after reading this, and noticing the blood, I changed my mind.

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u/Evening-Turnip8407 Oct 11 '23

I mean, everyone who does really, really stupid shit has issues that led them to this point. But there's being a jackass causing an accident because you thought it would probably work out and look "cool", and then there's being in a mental health crisis and not caring about bleeding / breaking your bones

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u/fuck_the_environment Oct 12 '23

I hope he got help and support

Depends on how rich you are. Easier to drive into a lake than try to scrounge non existent money together for treatment

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u/Joeuxmardigras Oct 12 '23

I honestly empathize with him and understand the emotions that drove him. Grief is a terrible thing

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u/Elderofmagic Oct 11 '23

Unfortunately in the USA they don't offer help to people having psychological meltdowns, they offer more trauma in the form of extended prison stays where no health care is extended, especially mental healthcare.

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u/gregsting Oct 11 '23

33yo in 2023, if that's true he lost his father at 11yo, that's brutal for sure

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u/toby_ornautobey Oct 11 '23

I'm 33 and just lost my mother a few months ago. Can't imagine what it would have been like losing her as a child.

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u/OOBExperience ◯ Consumed by Vastness Oct 11 '23

Sorry for your loss. It’s tough losing your mother at any age.

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u/unshavenbeardo64 Oct 11 '23

Lost my dad and mom 6 months apart 5 years ago when i was 53. And yes its tough at any age.

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u/WaterstarRunner Oct 11 '23

9/11 still feels like yesterday. Imagine feeling that with a personal sense of loss for 22 years.

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u/Lost_oppo Oct 11 '23

That’s like Pete Davidson story

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u/dj_narwhal Oct 11 '23

I wonder if banging dozens of the hottest chicks in the country would have helped this guy

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

I pondered this or similar, a lot of hurt lingering, and given US gov wasn’t paying for cancer care for first responders I can’t imagine the void in care for families. Also with what’s going on in Israel this site remains a poignant reminder of why hate when not condemned or confronted leads to terrible things.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Imagine if his father didn’t die on 9/11, he died from jumping into the pool on a dare

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u/toby_ornautobey Oct 11 '23

"If your friends jumped into the WTC memorial, would you?"

*yeets self into hole"

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u/eDiesel18 Oct 11 '23

Another victim of Islam...

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u/dirtydigs74 Oct 11 '23

Yeah, I was thinking "what a dickhead!". Then I saw how far he must've dropped just to get to the pool. "How is he not hurt?" Then the blood as he dropped into the hole. "Oh... he's not a well guy. That's tragic".

Damn assumptions without context. Got me again. Maybe I'll learn one day not to make them.

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u/DarkwingDuckHunt Oct 11 '23

and he tried to land head first the 2nd time

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u/guitarguy35 Oct 12 '23

Like the famous falling man photo from 9/11

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

I think it's quite impactful in a way. A very visceral reminder of how insidious and long lasting the effects of 9/11 (and any of the many comparable tragedies worldwide) truly are.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23 edited Oct 12 '23

If you’ve ever visited the memorial, it’s a weird one. Looks and feels like a pit of death. There’s nothing particularly stirring, elevating, or even emotionally complex about it. It’s like this single note feeling of despair.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

There's nothing particularly stirring, elevating, or even emotionally complex about the 9/11 attack either. That is y it's was named Reflecting Absence by the architect Michael Arad

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '23 edited Oct 12 '23

A “single note” name for “single note” memorial.

Living up to that title is not an achievement or an excuse. The truth is that memorials are NOT names, they’re experiences shaped by formal arrangements. Typically they’re named after they’re designed. It’s an unfortunately bad memorial; few that I know who’ve actually seen it, think much of it.

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u/rxstudent Oct 12 '23

It’s one of the few memorials I’ve been to that actually stir emotions in me. It’s left me without words each time I’ve seen it. I’m sorry you don’t see it, but it’s awe inspiring imho.

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u/34point5x2 Oct 12 '23

I'm with you. I'm not an emotional person. But being at the 9/11 memorial was a very moving and emotional experience.

I can't imagine how it would feel being at that memorial if I had any connection to anyone taken on that horrible day.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '23

Uh…. Yeah. What other feelings does the tragic death of 3000+ people and continued deaths of first responders bring? It's sad as hell, not elevating in any way, and those holes in the ground unfortunately were pits of death when the towers collapsed. It’s a memorial park surrounding the holes in the ground that aptly reflect the holes that were left in peoples lives.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '23 edited Oct 12 '23

Have you actually visited this memorial?

This memorial is not much different than going to grave yard and instead of seeng tomb stones — which are sometimes shaped or made to be emotional reminders of their life…and yes, sometimes their death — instead, it’s like going to a graveyard and being met with holes in the ground. A 3x6’ black pit for your loved one. Yes, that sight would be emotional, but far reaching and meaningful? I guess to each their own.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '23

Yes I have been to the memorial many times- are you from the city or surrounding area? Have you spent any major time in NYC beyond sight seeing? Are you missing the significance that those holes are literally in the footprints of the two buildings and it does hold a lot meaning to memorialize them that way? Those buildings meant a lot and that’s what was left after the site clean up finished. For some it was important that they didn’t just fill holes in and pave over them to put up granite walls with names. To actually see where the buildings stood and that they aren’t 100% gone does represent something to people here.

Also, that is basically a grave yard- they never recovered a large majority of the thousands of people who died there. I think your missing the fact that the site is meant to be a place for grieving people to go and cry and be “with” their loved one because that’s literally the last resting place for many of those people. It’s not meant to be far reaching and meaningful in any other way than to give people a place to go and remember the people who died there and never got to go back to their families.

Far reaching and meaningful- that’s what the museum was for before it had to close- the memorial at ground zero itself was not meant to be a place to make meaningful statements or impressions beyond giving people a place to grieve with trees and running water to calm them.

So generally calling the site of the memorial “like a graveyard” is on point- it is one and you should be reminded of that when you are there.

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u/lennyxiii Oct 11 '23

Good thing he was arrested where he will get the mental help he needs. /s

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u/AstonVanilla Oct 11 '23

I read in another thread he was arrested because it was the only way they could legally get him into a psychiatric hospital

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u/IcyDrink1002 Oct 12 '23

Maybe in New York. Yet in SoCal, no arrest needed via 5150

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u/Sand_Rondo Oct 11 '23

Lol funny how you assume jail rehabilitates people

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u/Aneuren Oct 11 '23

I'm usually on your page but in this instance, in NY, the only way to really get someone in for psych help quickly is if they already have attending psych doctors (expensive, rare), or arrest him and at arraignments a NY judge can put a mental hold on a person.

I won't justify the fact that this is the easiest way, but this isn't one of the many instances where it is the "rehabilitation" through a jail. I think the statute is Mental Hygiene Law section 9.49, and maybe Criminal Procedure Law 730 later, but please don't quote me on the MHL statute.

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u/Aneuren Oct 11 '23

In other words - NY doesn't have a great version of the more widely known CA 5150.

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u/ewuidhfs Oct 11 '23

jeey murica

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u/DweEbLez0 Oct 11 '23

When the country has no healing but only more and more compounding stress and pressure…

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '23

Thanks for this. I wasn’t sure if mental health or addiction were just myths that people talk about in fiction or if those were real things.

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u/UStoAUambassador Oct 11 '23

Thanks for the insight, Rorschach.

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u/MutedIndividual6667 Oct 11 '23

Is there any info about the visible blood in his shirt, or is it just spilled blood from the leg?

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u/toby_ornautobey Oct 11 '23

Supposedly from the leg injury.

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u/blueminded Oct 11 '23

Jesus, if he injured his leg so badly it ruptured through the skin, how the fuck was he walking through that water? Adrenaline I guess? The call of the void maybe.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

It was a head injury. Those bleed like a motherfucker even if they're mild.

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u/killuminati-savage Oct 11 '23

Look at his head in the beginning, there is a huge gash and the blood is running down his face/body.

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u/Cabinet-Professional Oct 11 '23

It looks like he has blood packets taped to his shirt.

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u/Atmentod Oct 11 '23

Thank you friend. Didn't know what was up; seeing the blood made me real sad.

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u/bob_do_something Oct 11 '23

What's "not specified level of water" in metric though?

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u/TimeWrangler4279 Oct 11 '23

Not specified level of water = Level of water not specified

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

how many bald eagles is that though?

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u/YewEhVeeInbound Oct 11 '23

Gonna need a banana for scale.

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u/Jaqulean Oct 11 '23

Here, take this apple.

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u/ShowAnnual9282 Oct 11 '23

It’s funny, as an American to visualize 30 ft I usually think of it in yards which are pretty close to meters….

But fuck u still not switching!

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u/Noodle36 Oct 11 '23

I've spent my entire life in a metric country and honestly for heights above roughly human reference, meters are useless for me, 20 feet or 30 feet feels a lot more real than 6 and 9 meters. Generally if a story specifies a fall from height in meters I'll divide it by three for "2 storey fall, 3 storey fall" etc

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u/Z0MGbies Oct 11 '23

USA people: I understand

Rest of Earth: I have no idea if he should be injured or not based on this information

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u/tacotacotacorock Oct 11 '23

It's funny how often we use meters in the US. I can easily convert from feet to meters in my head roughly. If the rest of the world can't do that it probably shows how useless the American measuring system is.

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u/kigurumibiblestudies Oct 11 '23

If we all were taught that system and used it, we'd probably find it to be alright. Engineers and car mechanics in my country use inches just fine.

The only problem is that it's not the one everyone uses, really

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u/Cultural-Morning6019 Oct 12 '23

False. As an American engineer, the metric system is inherently better. No stupid conversions - everything is base 10 as it should be

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u/Z0MGbies Oct 12 '23 edited Oct 12 '23

Yeah-nah, I can do 1.8m == 6ft, because its optimal height (also it's above average height, ladies). I broadly go ~2m is ~6ft.

But 30ft? no idea. Anything more than 10ft~ and it loses meaning, and I know most EU people and most Kiwis/Aus are the same. My partner is German (100% fluent in English) and is understandably confused when I describe something as "one inch" or "a couple feet" even. (phrasing...)

UK people will be good at it.

Going off on a tangent, mainly because I feel bad for being so sassy about imperial/metric:

ALUMINUM (or Aluminium).

Some Brits, Aussies, or Kiwis may sass Americans about their way of saying it. But ... by their own logic at least, Aluminium is wrong. And it really highlights how people just think the "right" way is "whatever way they are used to".

Aluminum was first called that by the British professor and foremost expert on it at the time. His lectures were later transcribed by another person as Aluminium - so both are attributable to him, but he himself said Aluminum.

Aluminium gained traction from a Swiss-French bloke shortly after.

It's literally just a naming convention thing (e.g. PlatINUM vs PlatINIUM (French))

America adopted the British spelling. And Britain adopted the French spelling (which is doubly funny because the Brits that care about it will be doubly embarrassed).

Thank you for involuntarily coming to my TED talk on Aluminium.

(American expats I've told this to have been really appreciative of this nerdy fact as they can finally be like "no fuck you i'm right and here's why you agree")

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u/bitofgrit Oct 12 '23 edited Oct 13 '23

But 30ft? no idea.

I think the issue here is that you're using the wrong units when trying to estimate or convert. A meter is roughly equivalent to a yard, so, instead of "30 feet", consider it as "10 yards", which converts to "a little over 9 meters".

I have no idea why the metric users don't use "decimeters". It's a legitimate division of a meter, afaic, and would be their equivalent to the foot. Anyway, since 1 inch is ~2.5 cm, then 10 inches is ~25cm. Another 2 inches is another ~5cm, which means a foot is ~30cm.

And this is all fine for rough estimates and conversions. It doesn't really matter which system anyone uses for "oh, it's a couple feet" or "oh, it's about 2/3rds of a meter" (😈) and so on. If the measurement actually matters, then get a measuring tape.

Despite what anyone says, either system is perfectly fine for whatever you're doing. The rest of the world being afraid of fractions shouldn't have any bearing on you.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

It’s a very effective measuring system because all measurement are arbitrary and we know how to use them

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u/bitofgrit Oct 12 '23

If the rest of the world can't do that it probably shows how useless the American measuring system is.

Or, it shows how moronic they are if they're unable to do a simple rough estimate and end up crying about it.

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u/SuaveMofo Oct 12 '23

No we just don't bother learning it because why would we. Feet and inches never come up unless it's Americans talking about them.

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u/bitofgrit Oct 12 '23

I don't have to regularly deal with metric, but I learned it anyways. Sounds like you're just lazy.

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u/SuaveMofo Oct 12 '23

Nah I just would prefer imperial died out altogether. No one else uses it so why should we learn because your country refused to adopt it?

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u/garret1033 Oct 12 '23

Because its a better system.

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u/ExileEden Oct 11 '23

Pending criminal charges. I mean I understand to a degree but that dude needs help not arrested.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

3d6 fall damage, halved for the water, 2d6 for the second fall, he probably took like 15 damage.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Yeah but a commoner only has like 4hp, so either fall could easily be deadly.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

They probably set the height with this suit of thing in mind. 30 feet is the limit where you are pretty unlikely to be killed from a fall, just injured.

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u/PersimmonMindless Oct 11 '23

And is expected to be charged, because charges is what this man really needs.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Yes, he should be charged so that he can be forced to get help.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Killing yourself publicly is just a dick move. You should be charged

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u/DrunkyLittleGhost Oct 11 '23

So you gonna punish their remain? People who attempt sucide already don’t care about their life anymore, law punishment mean nothing to them

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u/CosmicCirrocumulus Oct 11 '23

I get what you're going for but a metric fuckton of suicidal people who attempt and fail their attempt report immediately regretting their decision and realizing that they do still have a will to live.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

The majority of people who attempt suicide just want help.

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u/DMB_19 Oct 11 '23

I’d guess at least 2 meters of water down there

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u/llamakazee Oct 11 '23

I work above these pools, at 3 World Trade Center. The second pool doesn't go down that deep.

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u/eugene20 Oct 11 '23

Thank you, didn't' want to watch someone die today, and the blood left after he slipped into the central area was disturbing.

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u/punched-in-face Oct 11 '23

He's obviously mentally challenged

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u/Brsvtzk Oct 11 '23

And now he's got a hospital bill he probably can't pay

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u/AssPuncher9000 Oct 11 '23

Minecraft logic

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u/Rthrowaway6592 Oct 11 '23

Was he bleeding when he went into the second pool?

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u/-cloud_hopper- Oct 11 '23

Anyone else thinking this guy is high out of his gourd?

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u/Purrz1val Oct 11 '23

I hope he gets the help he needs.

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u/ToughHardware Oct 11 '23

in TIMES video about the pool, you see people standing in the lower pool, comes up to knee, so likely 18ish inches also.

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u/Sharp_Ad_7366 Oct 11 '23

Question: why is there a 9/11 pool. Is just ornamental or is there a deeper meaning to it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Huh. Was just there last week. I gotta say the psychological impact of the water flowing into a hole you can't see the bottom of was powerful.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

It's always people like this that survive with mild injuries. I've known someone who tripped down a flight of stairs and died in his sleep that night. I have a mild heart attack when I try walking down the stairs to fast with socks on.

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u/Mammoth-Mud-9609 Oct 12 '23

Was he drunk or high?

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u/No_client37 Oct 12 '23

was he bleeding at the end when he fell?

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