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Last night at 16th and Valencia around 7 p.m.-ish, a man climbed atop a building and threatened to jump. The incident stopped a Trauma shoot, which was filming in the area.
According to commenters at Mission Mission, the man called off his suicide threat around midnight. Whew.
The Mission elite, of course, were none too thrilled at the distraught man's plight. In addition to shutting down Trauma, the man's desperate cry for help closed down nearby taquerias, Casanova, and "everything between 16th and 17th."
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I was in Casanova's for a couple hours during the incident. At first I thought he was down and out, but it soon became very obvious that he was intrigued with the attention (e.g., leaning towards the gawkers on 16th St. after the cops closed Valencia + forced everyone to either stay inside or leave the block). By the time I left he was swinging his legs. Although that does not necessarily mean the guy isn't down and out, I find those things to be indicative of some sort of altered state, whether it be mental disability or drug-induced.
She shut down her twitter. Ha.
He probably watched Trauma... that would do it...
speaking of trauma: http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/10/nbc-cancels-trauma-.html
It was on his list of demands.
He probably decided to come down when he saw someone messing with his fixie.
Oh nos! Maybe it's time to build a suicide-prevention net over the entire Mission (or at least commission a feasibility study of said project)!!