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Student Suicide Attempts On The Rise

Andrew Williamson-Noble, a 20-year-old junior at New York University College of Arts and Science decided to take his life by jumping to his death from the Bobst Library in Washington Square Park.

The student jumped from the 10th floor and landed in the lobby of the library. He used his student ID card to gain access to the library where police found him unconscious and unresponsive on November 3rd, 2009. He was taken to Saint Vincent’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Friends and professors described Williamson-Noble as a talented, happy and cheerful student.