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Word: eckert (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...Manhattan the Empire State Building had its official baptism-by-suicide when Frederick Eckert, 33, with a German prayerbook and two religious medals in his pocket jumped from the tower (103rd floor), landed on the 87th floor setback. (In 193, before the building was done, a discharged workman leaped down an elevator shaft from the 102nd floor, landed on the 80th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 14, 1932 | 11/14/1932 | See Source »

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