{"id":2504,"date":"2014-10-21T09:16:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T13:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/?p=2504"},"modified":"2014-10-21T19:39:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T23:39:24","slug":"suicide-from-400-foot-tower-in-long-branch-nj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/2014\/10\/suicide-from-400-foot-tower-in-long-branch-nj\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide from 400 foot tower in Long Branch, NJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_809\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2504-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wade4wireless\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/W4W057-man-jumped-Long-Branch-NJ.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wade4wireless\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/W4W057-man-jumped-Long-Branch-NJ.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wade4wireless\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/W4W057-man-jumped-Long-Branch-NJ.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wade4wireless\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/W4W057-man-jumped-Long-Branch-NJ.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=2504-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wade4wireless\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/W4W057-man-jumped-Long-Branch-NJ.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"W4W057-man-jumped-Long-Branch-NJ.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('2504-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_2504-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_2504-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/?powerpress_embed=2504-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/wade4wireless-blogcast\/id884500168?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fwadesarver.com%2FPodcast%2F%3Fp%3D2504\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Victim was Christopher Zweidinger, 38, of the Whiting section of Manchester, according to Public Safety Director Jason Roebuck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/monmouth\/index.ssf\/2014\/10\/man_who_jumped_from_radio_tower_in_downtown_long_branch_ided.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nj.com\/monmouth\/index.ssf\/2014\/10\/man_who_jumped_from_radio_tower_in_downtown_long_branch_ided.html<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another apparent suicide from a communications tower. This is why the FCC would like to enforce those fencing regulations, to stop things like this from happening. However, if a person wants in bad enough they will find a way. Spectators said they saw him up there and then just step off the tower while someone else thought he was trying to climb higher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This was reported on October 20<sup>th<\/sup>, 2014. This appears to be the second suicide from a tower this year that we know of. More details in the link below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/monmouth\/index.ssf\/2014\/10\/person_jumps_from_radio_tower_in_downtown_long_branch_police_say.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nj.com\/monmouth\/index.ssf\/2014\/10\/person_jumps_from_radio_tower_in_downtown_long_branch_police_say.html<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/wordontheshore.com\/man-dies-after-jumping-from-long-branch-radio-tower-second-incident-in-6-months-cms-3483\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/wordontheshore.com\/man-dies-after-jumping-from-long-branch-radio-tower-second-incident-in-6-months-cms-3483<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_811\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2504-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wade4wireless\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/W4W057-man-jumped-Long-Branch-NJ.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wade4wireless\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/W4W057-man-jumped-Long-Branch-NJ.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wade4wireless\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/W4W057-man-jumped-Long-Branch-NJ.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wade4wireless\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/W4W057-man-jumped-Long-Branch-NJ.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=2504-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wade4wireless\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/W4W057-man-jumped-Long-Branch-NJ.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"W4W057-man-jumped-Long-Branch-NJ.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('2504-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_2504-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_2504-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/?powerpress_embed=2504-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/wade4wireless-blogcast\/id884500168?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fwadesarver.com%2FPodcast%2F%3Fp%3D2504\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wade4wireless\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/W4W057-man-jumped-Long-Branch-NJ.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSVictim was Christopher Zweidinger, 38, of the Whiting section of Manchester, according to Public Safety Director Jason Roebuck. http:\/\/www.nj.com\/monmouth\/index.ssf\/2014\/10\/man_who_jumped_from_radio_tower_in_downtown_long_branch_ided.html Another apparent suicide from a communications tower. This is why the FCC would like to enforce those fencing regulations, to stop things like this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/2014\/10\/suicide-from-400-foot-tower-in-long-branch-nj\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Suicide from 400 foot tower in Long Branch, NJ<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[209,208],"class_list":["post-2504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-suicide-from-tower","tag-tower-fall"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/W4W005-mp3-image.jpg?fit=1425%2C1505&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4GfTR-Eo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16826,"url":"https:\/\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/2015\/01\/2-injured-in-tower-collapse\/","url_meta":{"origin":2504,"position":0},"title":"2 injured in Tower Collapse!","author":"Wade","date":"January 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Updated 2\/2: According to Frank Dirico, President of Viaero Wireless, the tower did not have a section collapse, but rather the men were working on the cell array on the ground when it blew down on them, for more go to Inside Towers at http:\/\/insidetowers.com\/nebraska-tower-didnt-actually-collapse\/ Updated: OSHA will investigate the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Wade4Wireless BlogCast&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Wade4Wireless BlogCast","link":"https:\/\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/category\/wade4wireless-blogcast\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hubble-Foundation1.jpg?fit=361%2C218&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":24233,"url":"https:\/\/wadesarver.com\/Podcast\/2015\/12\/tower-safety-instruction\/","url_meta":{"origin":2504,"position":1},"title":"Tower Safety &#038; Instruction","author":"Wade","date":"December 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Tower Safety graduates could get a tablet with all of my books on it! 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