This Self Slaughter was dubbed “the most beautiful suicide”

This self slaughter was dubbed “the most beautiful suicide”

In 1979,  Elvita Adams attempted to end her life by jumping off the Empire State Building from the 86th floor.

Miraculously, a gust of wind hit at that exact moment and blew her back onto the 85th floor, saving her life.

Elvita Adams was a fascinating woman. She gained notoriety for surviving a jump from the Empire State Building in 1979.

The Empire State Building is one of the world’s most iconic skyscrapers.
it was one of the tallest buildings in the world.Standing at a height of 1,250 feet, the renowned building is a beautiful symbol of the city. 

Located in downtown New York City, it was constructed in 1931 and comprises a whopping 102 stories. At the time of Adams’ jump, it was one of the tallest buildings in the world.

Standing at a height of 1,250 feet, the renowned building is a beautiful symbol of the city. It can also attract visitors for darker, more depressing reasons.
Since it was finished, there have been several suicide attempts from the top of the building. Most notably, in 1947 a 23-year-old woman named Evelyn McHale fell from the 86th floor to her death. This suicide was dubbed “the most beautiful suicide” after a photography student snapped a picture of McHale’s body lying seemingly peacefully on top of the car she landed on.

Many others have followed. More than a dozen in total have leaped from the famous observation deck – a tragic, sad reality.
Despite measures to prevent such incidents, people continue to attempt to jump from the Empire State Building. This makes it one of the most notorious sites for suicide attempts in the world

Adams’ Life Before the Fall
The year was 1979. Elvita Adams was 29 years old and was living as a resident of the Bronx. Little is known about her before the fateful fall made her famous.

Adams was struggling financially in the weeks leading up to the fall. It’s unclear whether she quit her job or was fired. But she was reportedly surviving off of $100 welfare checks and was having immense difficulty getting by.

The money wasn’t enough to keep up with her rent payments. Her landlord was threatening to evict her and her 10-year-old child. This added to the mounting stress and despair that Adams must have been feeling.

All of these factors seemed to push Elvita Adams to her attempted suicide on December 2nd, 1979.
On that fateful Sunday afternoon in December, Elvita Adams traveled from the Bronx to Manhattan, apparently longing to see the beautiful, twinkling city lights. She later spoke of how the lights looked so gorgeous that she longed to touch them.
Her mind soon turned to bleaker, sadder thoughts and she found herself at the top of the Empire State Building, unsure of what to do. Adams eventually climbed over the railing that encircled the observation deck on the 86th floor. 
She jumped, intending to end her life. The jump made waves across the media and left a lasting tale that persists today.

A Jump From the 86th Floor of the Empire State Building

On December 2nd, 1979, around 8:15 at night, Elvita Adams decided to jump from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building in the middle of downtown Manhattan.
Typically, a fall from such heights is certainly unsurvivable. To reach the ground alive would be next to impossible in any scenario.
Elvita Adams miraculously survived. Crucially, she did not make it to the streets and pavement below. Instead, she happened to land on a narrow, two-and-a-half-foot ledge, about 20 feet below on the 85th floor