Suicide Tourism in New York City

clipped from blogs.usatoday.com New York City is at the center of a phenomenon that researchers call "suicide tourism," according to Newsday. The newspaper, quoting from research that was presented at a meeting of the American Public Health Association, says nonresidents have accounted for about 10% of the suicides in Manhattan since 1990. "The most common methods of suicide for the Manhattan nonresidents were long fall, hanging, overdose, drowning, and firearms; the most common locations included hotels and commercial buildings, followed by outside locations such as bridges, parks, and streets," the report says. The researchers say nonresident suicides tended to take place at tourist spots such as the Empire State Building, Times Square and the George Washington Bridge. "In any instance when someone travels to commit suicide there may be a wish that people will see them and somehow try to stop them," Christine Cione of the Long Island Crisis Center