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New York Investment Banker Jumps To His Death From Luxury Downtown Building
Yesterday, New Yorkers walking by the Ocean Luxury Rental apartment building at 1 West St around 10:40am, were greeted with a gruesome sight: a 29-year-old man had just jumped to his death from the 24th floor.
unclear ID apparent suicide Traffic to Man Bridge on FDR. @NYPD wanted me gone @NYPDAlerts http://t.co/e0K0hfCcw3 pic.twitter.com/cgHdH013eh
— Todd Maisel (@ToddMaisel) May 28, 2015
Battery Place near the Tunnel is jammed. Jumper down at 17 Battery Pl @NYPD on scene @NYDailyNews pic.twitter.com/jEa6zm8YD1
— Todd Maisel (@ToddMaisel) May 28, 2015
According to initial reports, the man landed on a car that was driving toward the Battery Tunnel at the time. He was pronounced DOA at the scene.
Today, we learn that the tragic incident was merely the latest banker suicide, when according to the NY Post the still jumper was the latest in a long series of investment bankers who have decided to take their own life.
The 29-year-old man has been identified as Thomas J Hughes. The youngest of three brothers, Thomas was educated at the $52,000 a year Canterbury School in Milford, Connecticut and graduated with a degree in economics at Northwestern University where he was on the Varsity squash team before heading to Wall St and getting a job with Citibank
Most recently he was an associate at investment bank Moelis.
Hughes plunged from the 24th floor of the luxury Ocean apartment building at 1 West St. at about 10:40 a.m. and landed on a guardrail near the northbound Battery Park Underpass, narrowly missing a black SUV, in what appears to have been a premeditated suicide.
The man’s body was mangled by the impact, leaving one of the vehicle’s passengers horrified, witnesses said.
“I went outside, and the woman in the car was screaming, ‘I didn’t know where he came from!’ ” said Hans Peler, 48, a manager at the building’s parking garage. “It happened right in front of our guy who waves cars in with the flag. He was so shaken up, I told him to go home.”
A spokeswoman at Moelis & Company shared her condolences according to the Daily Mail: "We are saddened by the news of Tom's death and send our sincere condolences to his family and friends at this very sad time. "Tom was a talented and valued team member and a positive force in our firm. He will be greatly missed."
John Hughes, the father of the investment banker, said that he fears his son turned to drink and drugs to cope with the stress of work. He said Thomas had been under a ‘lot of pressure’ and that he even had to work on a recent holiday in the Bahamas, adding that his son was someone who "liked to work hard and liked to party" and feared that he found release in illegal drugs which turned him suicidal.
‘Thomas was a happy, jovial, successful, good looking, very sociable individual.
‘The only explanation is that I know he’s been working very hard and has been under a lot of pressure.
‘His work did not leave much time for enjoyment but that’s the nature of the assignment that he chose.
‘I also know that sometimes when one is in that environment you can turn to alcohol or other types of drugs...
‘...at a time when he was under stress he probably resorted to illegal drugs, causing this incredibly poor judgement, is probably the best I can say.
‘He must have had some problems that I was not privy to.’
Tourists in a nearby open-air bus that was stuck in traffic, saw more than they bargained for when the gruesome scene unfolded right in front of them. Then they quickly found their bearing and realized the tragedy would look perfect on their Instagram profile, and scrambled for their cellphones to snap pictures of the body, said workers at the building.
“The head hit the railing . . . Half his head is on one side of the railing, half on the other,” recalled Frank Rodriguez, 44, a handyman who was working nearby. “It’s never worth this . . . Life is too precious.”
Sources said the young banker had made several attempts to kill himself earlier in the morning, including cutting his wrists, before making the plunge.
The man — whom police did not immediately identify — was from a wealthy family in Westchester County, sources said. He had apparently become very successful on his own.
He owned his apartment in the 36-story Ocean complex, which overlooks The Battery and New York Harbor, and had just returned from a vacation in the Bahamas, sources said.
At this point we have lost count of how many bankers have taken their own lives in the past year, despite stocks rising to all time highs and an artificial "wealth effecting" environment which if nobody else, benefits the banker class. We dread to think what happens to New York's pavements once the central planners finally lose control.
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People who use the word or phrase "BITCHEZ" as part of their routine vocabulary have real serious mental problems and are abusive to their fat women and should be avoided as they are very unstable individuals.
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Moving on, if this is a mid-level banker; meaning not important enough to be "protected", then this could be another murder. They murder the "good bankers", not the bad ones ZH'ers.
So when did Bath House croak and you became King, Bit-Chez!
he must have been a faggot
confused transgenda in closet
what kind of fella steps out of his hot tub after being blown all night by a high class hooker.
takes a gulp of champagne opens the window and jumps to earth ribs and guts.
in the closet.
if only he had embraced george soros divercity and
george clooney man on man analism he would of been fine.
this suicided operation was not rothschild wetworks but the story of a lonesome man all alone
lone
lonely in the big city
Apparently the UK can report better than the US. Here is a very detailed story with the man' name and other details. He did work for Citibank, but not at this particular time...sounds like he was enjoying the "work hard and play hard" life-style. Hard to say; seems odd to kill yourself right after a vacation or any other time for that matter. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3102513/Successful-investment-ba...
Everybody knows that the first day back from vacation totally sucks ass.
It is the vacation from vacation and only fools come back the day before they go back to work.
He tried to dodge the nailgun rounds but fell off the building instead.
Or it can give you a splitting head ache
What's gruesome about a bankster jumping to his death???
That's akin to saying there was a temporary short in the electric chair that was employed to execute the monstrous serial kiler, Teddy Boyo Bundy.
It's not gruesome, it's just a tiny bit, infinitesimal really, of justice.
“It’s never worth this . . . Life is too precious.”
Yeah, he was just a banker. Makes you wonder what exactly he contributed to the good of us all...other than instagrams.
Now that's one helluva city tour!
The commentary is rude. How do they know what NY tourists "bargain" for when they sign up for a tour?
Because Jews never pay retail?
He was doing this before jumping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juvJrDpeaFs
Litterbug. Somebody has to clean that up.
Link to senior management at Moelis & Company; it is a whose, who list for Wall Street...makes me wonder if this person knew too much...just read the NY bio's. http://www.moelis.com/our-firm/SitePages/senior-leadership.aspx Eric Cantor is also part of the "Senior" leadership.
I just got a 404 on that page. They must have just taken it down.
http://www.moelis.com/our-firm/SitePages/senior-leadership.aspx
Original link was faulty
Do a google on MOELIS and click on any of their sites...
They are back now...
Well, Eric Cantor sorta commited suicide.
A clue: Among his likes were men’s clothing retailer Brooks Brothers, Harper’s Magazine and Bret Easton Ellis, who wrote ‘American Psycho’, the gory satire of 80s Wall St bankers.
Good show...he could have killed someone on the street. Nail guns and guardrails
coke is nccessary for my survival, but I don't take it.
The banker who knew too much.
The numbers grow.
What precisely was his role,
and what did he come to know?
You know, I wish the bankers had a uniform method of killing themselves. Jumping to their death seems to let them off a bit easy, and unfortunately, seems to be the trend. I kind of admire the nail gun guy. That took some real hate to pull that off.
Maybe one day, we'll get to see a Corzine, a Blankfein or Benanke decide to check out (but I doubt they'll do so without some assistance).
72 and counting in the past year or so. Keep them coming.
Thomas Hughes at Moelis & Co LinkedIN page has Jamie Dimon as (his only) Influencer. Interesting since he worked at Citi not JPM.
SPLAT!
Another One Bites the Dust.
Suicide can be a cowardly end or an honorable end or perhaps even both.
Is it true that the only kind of good banker is a dead one?
More likely the good bankers become the dead ones.
I feel about as bad for poor little rich boy as if any random israeli killed himself. That is to say, not at all. In fact I think it is good karma when such shit dies off.
Is it bad to want to fund a program to actively encourage these (and other) skumbags to bump themselves off as frequently as possible? Just promise them virgins or unlimited cash in Heaven or something.
My poor guillotine is going to be despondent.
Liberty is a demand. Tyranny is submission.
You'lll have to feed it an extra banker to make it feel better.
That's what's wrong with our society. Only the rich and succesful owns high rise apartments from wich to jump. The homeless find their lives much more fullfilling , I guess...
I have always thought about becoming homeless, going to sea or possibly jail so that I can perceive life from a different angle.
Jail is most likely out because I am not historically a crime-committer.
His name was Thomas Hughes.
The Daily Mail is keeping count:
He is the 12th person this year who worked in finance have taken their own life amid renewed focus on the demands that Wall St places on young bankers.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3102513/Successful-investment-banker-29-leaps-death-luxury-New-York-apartment-returning-Bahamas-holiday.html#ixzz3bYHJN8fs
Clearly amid such profound success, he could not possibly be related to Howard with flyings skills like that.
Obtuse Morons™, LOL. Kinda has a nice ring to it. I like it even more than "goyim".
Pretty sure that you can't reclaim your soul from Satan by committing suicide.
Do tell.
Got a link or a direct line?
The identity of the investment banker has been revealed Friday midday as that of Thomas J Hughes, a high flying banker who lived a double life of excess and dependence on illegal drugs. Drugs which his father claims made him suicidal ....
http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2015/05/thomas-j-hughes-investment-banke...
No. Happy, well-adjusted people don't abuse drugs. Drug addicts are invariably fucked up long before their first high.
Catholic boarding school boy. Even money says he was raped repeatedly by pedophile priests and possibly older boys throughout his childhood. Dad didn't want to know, of course.
Self-loathing at the thought of being a faggot finally overcame the son and he flung his sorry carcass out a window. Dad immediately starts doing what the wealthy always do in cases like this---starts looking for someone or something else to blame it on.
Sorry about your loss, dad. Looking for a scapegoat? You can start in the mirror.
Don't these banksters have any conscience at all? (just joking). I mean, he could have killed the occupants of the car if he had landed the wrong way. Could you imagine being killed by a jumping bankster? That would simply not be fair.
“The head hit the railing . . . Half his head is on one side of the railing, half on the other”
Even in death.......still trying to hedge his bets.
What the fucker shoulda done was stuff his pockets with fun size Snickers bars, so when he hit the ground and popped, at least the kids would have something to do. Sorta like a banker Pinata.......good times for everyone.
"Tough crowd, tough crowd" - Rodney
Sorta like a banker Pinata.......good times for everyone.
(golf clap)
In reality, he probably got an advance preview of the Q1 GDP revision.
can I have his job?
Jumping off the building WAS his job. You still want it? The job is now available.
He landed a long ways from the building. Did he use a catapult? Was the building leaning? Or was he dumped from a truck?
Swan dive.
Into the asphalt:
https://youtu.be/DTn_ehLqDq8?t=7s
Swan Dive By Hed PEI climb, hand over hand, closing my eyes
Too scared to look down
I climb, hand over hand
Putting distance between I and I and the ground
I get to the top
I stand on the edge
I look to the sky, and say all my prayers
[Chorus]
What could be better than a swan dive into the asphalt
I don't know, nothing can be better than a swan dive into the asphalt
i can't understand what's so horrible that you want to take your own life. what did your gold digging wife/girlfriend/mistress leave you? did the dry cleaners mess up your favorite shirt? did you not get that posh hamptons rental you were gunning for? do these people ever once think that once you go to the other side, what awaits them there?
Is the rail ok?
what did he know?
Nuthin'. He didn't even know he was supposed to yell "fore" before he jumped.
It wasn't the constant Lying & Stealing it was the drugs that pushed him! s/c
What is it about New Yorkers where they feel they have to outdo everyone else?
In some places it rains fish or frogs. In New York, it rains bankers.
I prayed for bankers and he jumped. It works there is a god. More prayer. More prayer. Oh boy maybe it works with politicians too.
Fucker
Even with his last breath, he left taxpayers stuck with the bill for replacing the guardrail.
He had bags of drugs on him, says one comment - given his line of work he must have assumed this is valid payment, especially to government employees.
From the UK
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3102513/Successful-investment-ba...
"Police reportedly found one ziplock bag filled with cocaine and residue on four bags and a rolled up dollar bill, suggesting Wolf of Wall Street-style drug use before the death."
"Among his likes were men’s clothing retailer Brooks Brothers, Harper’s Magazine and Bret Easton Ellis, who wrote ‘American Psycho’, the gory satire of 80s Wall St bankers."
No more, Mr so-called Nice Guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM5_T0eNPrQ
More! We want More! Soul-less Bastards!
Jump you Fuckers!
No one asks about the Bahamas connection? Could he have set up some shell corporations , then been killed as a way of covering tracks? After all, he was working while in the Bahamas...
Probably less painful than being hung from a light post.
Maybe the ones who jump are the ones who have a conscience? But are there forty banksters with a conscience?
Duck sucker became jump sucker. NSA is listening to everyone. Who is with the game plan and who is not with the game plan is being sorted out right now. Everywhere. When you see men being sent into the line of fire, consider the possibilities that they very life is being extinguished as a businss plan. A script that could ahve been written in Hollywood, and it probably was.
And before the markets collapse. How about that??
Must be gettin' old me - I felt guilty LOLing at MANY of these SICK posts.
So citi-bank has a job opening now? I think I might apply. I'm 29 and can throw darts at a chart as good as anyone.
Looks like you may have to get in line. Looks like the entire Treasury Department has applied for the job.
http://www.theonion.com/article/entire-treasury-department-competing-for...
I've already expressed my joy with this post twice today, but in case another bankster doesn't jump again for a while I would like to congratulate the dead bankster once again for doing the right thing.
Suicide or Suicided ?
nail gun
I read this story and one thing comes to mind.....has anyone here tried the new double steak and onion cheeseburger at the Five Guys in Van Nuys? Because I hear its pretty good.
Poor fucker did a swan dive... so sad.
It's hard being an 'Other'...
He was probably the "fall guy" in some crooked investment scam.
To me, a 29 year old kid with the world in his pocket offing himself doesn't make much sense unless he did something stupid and was scared he would get caught or had an issue with a romantic interest.
I am sure kids like him are the not bankers that everyone hates, you got to go higher than that.
Hell, he could have been my son. I don't see pleasure in this.
Makes perfect sense, actually.
Catholic school boy was raped throughout childhood by fags in clerical collars.
Dad didn't want to know or simply didn't care as long as it stayed out of the papers.
Hedge fund job gave kid the money to treat his self-loathing with liquor and Colombian marching powder, because settling accounts with the fag rapist wasn't an option. (Killing people who really need killing almost never is.) He might not have had a decent night's sleep in months.
One morning his self-loathing and drug-induced paranoia overwhelmed what remained of his wits and he offed himself. When people can't get justice in this world, as often as not they get a head start on the next one.
The "pleasure" is he was a bankster. Fucking punk ass yuppie to boot, no doubt. Yeah, I am casting stones...
The Russian judge gave him a 5.3.
why is it always bankers? You ever hear the following
plumber jumps to his death from high rise
hair dresser jumps to her death from tower
McDonald's flipper jumps to his death (he really should)
Auto mechanic jumps to his death from the top of a bus
and they say marijuana makes you do crazy things, try drinking the banker coolaid.
That's because ZH only covers banker suicides.
I wonder if a fly on the wall would have heard the phone conversation of him talking rather loudly like this "Tell Stergio I will have his money, not a chance the Greeks default". Then " Fuck me, Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggghh". Splat!
These are deluded People push to the limits by these firms. They should know that they have to keep going on drugs and steroids, the game is over for them.
Like Sports, you have to continue to win the next match and where the money is for the top 1%. The rest of the dreamers can try to discover their talents.
You find plenty of these zombies around that have one focus ...your pockets. Basic human decency however require condolences to His family as we are not that beastly yet.
I'm don't really understand the financial system so well.
Is this the "Hard Landing" everyone talks about?
Nobody kills themselves unless they are down to their last dollar. When people blame problems with women, drugs, or depression, lurking in the background is usually serious financial loss.
Since this guy obviously had enough money for a nice place to live and exotic vacations, suicide is highly unlikely.
What if he'd just maxed out his last CC?
YeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaa We got a TooFor: American Express President Ed Gilligan died suddenly after falling ill while flying on a corporate plane to New York.
Throw in the pedophile Speaker of the House and its been one fantastic week.
Yeah, bong hits and shots all around. Man on man am I preverse! Or reversed?
How fucking arrogant. To end it by splattering your greasy lying sociopathic ass all over the working people below. I hope they fucking charge his family for the guard rail damage. Jeezzz.
29, world on a string and living the high life most likely. Drugs, women, booze and international travel. World wasnt his oyster. The lifestyle turned his brains to mush to be used and abused by the firms he worked for. Sucide is not likely but can never be thoroughly explained. To an insane man the whole world is insane, he isn't. Mental illness in a nut shell.
I have worked in some extremely high stress jobs. If the heat got to be too much for the financial reward I simply changed jobs. He changed his future. So did I.
With Dennis Hastert fiasco and supposedly paying over a million dollars in hush money because he diddled a high school boy back in high school simply shows us how corrupt our government has become. How much money is to be made by corrupt politicians if they can afford to pay what some now say in his accusations up to 3 million in hush money to keep his past sins private?
For this man's family I offer condolences. My younger brother took his own life at age 55 in February. After life long mental illness and alcohol problems and wrestling with manic-depression all his life. There is no quarter for your feelings after having exhausted all possible questions over what we as a family could have done better or differently. I truly hope that we as a society regardless of a persons profession haven't become so heartless as to laugh at others calamity.
More to life than fast cars, fast women and world travel? If we raise our kids to think that is all life is about, MORE MONEY AND THINGS we have lost our way. Good weekend to all.
Regret should not become guilt. Each individual is accountable for his own actions.
Gee, thanks Dad, for throwing me under the bus like that!
So how does these firms not bank money considering all help from the FEDs these last 5-6 years?
So $52,000 a year sounds like Daddy paid bills but character development was not on the menu. Why use illegal drugs when prescription drugs can turn people suicidal ? Clearly he did not have access to an AK-74 so he could go and spray a few of his colleagues at the office.
Maybe he was simply embarrassed at his overwhelming good fortune ?
I like the '74' instead of the classic '47'...
" Suicide "
Just used up Kazarian garbage.
Hope it´s axel .a. weber 's son.