Horror as advertising executive jumps 17 floors to her death

A 35-year-old woman on her first date tragically plunged 17 floors to her death this morning after the metal railing of her New York City apartment balcony gave way.


Jennifer Rosoff went outside for a cigarette with her date, who she met online, around 12.50 a.m when the railing collapsed after she propped her leg on it to stretch, according to DNAinfo.

When the advertising executive's date told her that she probably shouldn't lean on the railing, she insisted she 'did it all the time' before tumbling from the Stonehedge 57 apartment ledge, landing on construction scaffolding on the first floor.

A photo of the corner balcony of the apartment where Rosoff lived shows the top two metal railings bent down in a V-shape.

Police spoke to the man, who had met Rosoff in person for the first time that night, and cleared him of any possible wrongdoing.

A witness said the man was 'hysterical' as he ran outside screaming 'Oh my god!'

Emergency crews pronounced Rosoff dead at the scene. The medical examiner will determine a cause of death.

Neighbors at the 400 East 57th Street building, near First Avenue in Manhattan's Midtown area, compared the sound of the fall to a 'gunshot' and a 'punch'.

Buildings officials took part of the broken railing to examine how it could have buckled and plan to examine whether the other balconies are structurally sound.

Meanwhile the Department of Buildings issued a vacate order for the building's balconies this morning, saying conditions there were 'imminently perilous to life'.

A department spokeswoman told New York Times that inspectors were investigating conditions and would report on their findings later today.

Source: Daily Mail