NEW YORK: A man fell to his death from the Empire State Building on Friday, police said, shutting down a bustling midtown Manhattan street just before afternoon rush hour. The man, in his 30s, dropped from New York’s highest skyscraper about 3pm on a gray, windy afternoon.“We had an individual come from the building. One part came down on Fifth Avenue and another part came down on 33rd,” said a New York police spokesman who refused to give his name.

Breaking News Network, a local media group that monitors police news, said a body had been located near the 30th floor of the building, with other parts of the dead man on the street, shutting down 33rd Street traffic.—Reuters