A Fordham University student died after falling from a bell tower on campus early Sunday.
School President Joseph McShane says 22-year-old Sydney Monfries, a senior at Fordham College at Rose Hill, died due to injuries sustained in the fall inside the Keating Clock tower.
Police say a group of seniors decided to climb the tower around 3 a.m. to get a view of the city skyline.
They say Monfries managed to climb to the top before she fell through a hole in one of the stairway landings and subsequently dropped 30 to 40 feet inside the tower.
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Here come the activists to ban old clock towers… Who built this dangerous thing?? Who is it going to kill next?! They all should be burned down!!! Thank god notre dame in Paris burned before it could murder any students!!! What were people thinking building these monsters!!! Legislation pending from AOC to mandate a maximum height of 4 1/2 feet on all future buildings with clocks
let me guess.. another failed selfie attempt?
What an idiot !! Geronimoooooooo!! Weeeee I can flyyyyyyyy lol 😂
Very kind and good hearted. But not very bright. Rip.
lmao, that is what she gets for not dating me
Hell's Bell's – why take the fast way down.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Shouldn't been there in the first place, now RIP stupid ho!
Dumbass was taking a selfie!!
When you’re distracted af
Dropping out of college , should have gotten her masters 😆