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NEW YORK – A 35-year-old woman fell to her death from the 17th floor balcony of her midtown Manhattan apartment after the railing apparently gave way, police said. Jennifer Rosoff stepped out to smoke a cigarette on the balcony of her corner apartment at a building known as Stonehenge 57 at First Avenue and 57th Street shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday, 1010 WINS’ Al Jones reported.
She was sitting on the railing when it suddenly collapsed, causing her to fall backwards, CBS 2′s Don Champion reported. Rosoff, an ad executive, then plunged 17 stories and landed on first-floor construction scaffolding.
Investigators said Rosoff was on a first date at the time of the incident. Moments before the fall, her date told her she probably shouldn’t lean on the railing, authorities said. Police spoke to the man and no foul play was suspected.
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