Man Leaps to His Death Off Forever 21 Building

A man wearing only underwear got out on a ledge yesterday afternoon at 10 Cyril Magnin (the building at the base of Powell that was formerly a big Bank of America and now is a Forever 21 with lofts up above) and took a leap to his death near the cable car turnaround before hostage negotiators could reach him.

Police Lt. Lyn Tomioka said, "It was too quick. By the time they got there, determined the doors were locked, they couldn't make any contact with him."

He was pronounced dead at the scene at around 3:25 p.m. The police are saying they don't know whether the man lived or worked in the building, but from the sound of the situation (and the underwear thing) we're going to venture that he was one of the condo dwellers, and the locked door in question was the door to his home. Sad.