Jorge Ruiz, Rockefeller Center’s Would-Be ‘Jumper,’ Was Upset That His Book Would Not Be Published

by Alex Alvarez | 10:54 am, August 11th, 2011

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More information is being made available about the man who gave New York City a collective heart attack yesterday afternoon when he threatened to jump from the 70-story high observation deck of Rockefeller Center’s General Electric building. The man, Jorge Ruiz, was visiting New York from Las Vegas, and was apparently distraught that a book he’d written was not going to be published.

Employees within the building, watching the scene unfold from the observation deck’s surveillance cameras, and tourists down in the plaza alike were snapping photos and Tweeting up a storm, many urging the man not to jump.

The image seen here was uploading by Late Night‘s Questlove, who let his Twitter followers know the man was safe — and in big trouble: “Whew!!!!! They got him!!!!!!!!! Now beat his ass for ruining my lunch.”

New York City police and city firefighters were eventually able to remove Ruiz, who was then taken to Bellevue Hospital for an evaluation.

h/t Huffington Post

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Anonymous

Maybe Obama will direct the government to buy a couple of hundred thousand copies of this guy’s book. Because as Obama likes to say, “A million dollars is a small price to pay to save a human life.”
Anonymous

He accidentally walked into a taping of ‘parks and recreation’ and realized life just wasn’t worth living anymore.
Anonymous

Dang…I was hoping this would be the always-haughty Paul Krugman. There’s a rooftop out there for him, as the months progress and more people bludgeon him with perfectly due cause.
Anonymous

GASP! Blasphemy!
Nature Freak

“Bellevue Hospital for an evaluation.”

Jorge Ruiz may be America’s next James Frey in waiting.
He will just need to “embellish” a little bit.
Nature Freak

Alex,
One of my favorite comedies in the late 90′s was Upright Citizens Brigade (I realize UCB still does impov and is more than the TV show, if I Iived in NYC rather than the backwoods of west central Florida I would consider taking a class or workshop)

Amy Poehler has gone far. Impressive indeed.
Anonymous

Bet he was an Obambi Fan too. We all know those people struggle intellectually. Let him jump!
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I like the way you think Dem haha, but screw the money instead can you also ask for a circus bear for mi
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No it was when i walk in the grocery store and they were out of crab salad, and ccocnut water, with the pulp! jees was that a depressive day
http://www.facebook.com/St.Georgie George Miguel Ruiz

Gasp! it was charity, one less mouth to feed, and worry about. I thought this was the land of the free! apparently we dont have free will
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this made no sense to this topic…..impressive in deed da ly dee
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ill trry to lure him to that roof top for you.
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i dont know who james frey is, but be good looking guy if he is compared to mi…. and the nypd police force as a big #@$#ing mouth everyone knew
http://www.facebook.com/St.Georgie George Miguel Ruiz

thank you bill. let mi fly away!!!! and im not a obambi fan, apparentlly they want mi to be like bambi’s mom, except kill mi even more slow, with the nations tainted food, and floride water!!! my pinal gland is corrupted!!! please someone give mi a higherr roof!!!! o really being tortured is our nation’s national past time?…. alright bloody hell, belveuu hospital here we go again, shall i tilt my head again so you can stuff mi with pills that does nothing for mi but make mi a vegtable, and makes the rich richer and gain more control over the masses?
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check out my videos, im gonna take a different route, haha i never wanted to die. i cant fall if i have wings hehehehe