On May 1st 1947, 23-year-old Evelyn McHale leaped to her death from the Empire State Building’s 86th floor observation deck and landed on a United Nations limousine parked at the curb.
Photography student Robert Wiles took a photo of McHale’s oddly intact corpse a few minutes after her death. The police found a suicide note among possessions she left on the observation deck: “He is much better off without me… I wouldn’t make a good wife for anybody.”
The photo ran in the May 12, 1947 […]
i have never been the one to believe in suicide, but the feeling of this hurt is overwhelming. its almost like i cant breathe. im a 30ish something female, and i have a great career, children, family and friends. my husband left me earlier this year and my entire life was flipped upside down. i never saw it coming. i later found out that he was indulging in activities with another female. i was a good wife and my family is everything to me. i didnt do anything to deserve this. i dont eat, i have taken time off of […]
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