NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A 14-year-old boy died after he jumped from the Vessel at Manhattan’s Hudson Yads Thursday afternoon, officials said.
The teen jumped just before 1 p.m. at the 150-foot-tall structure located near West 33rd Street and 10th Avenue, according to police.
Authorities have not released the boy's name.
His family was nearby when the incident happened, the Daily News reports.
“We are heartbroken by this tragedy and our thoughts are with the family of the young person who lost their life,” spokeswoman Kimberly Winston said. “We are conducting a full investigation.”
The teen's death is the fourth since its opening two years ago.
The popular Manhattan tourist attraction reopened to groups of two or more people at the end of May after it was closed for months following several suicides.
The structure shut down temporarily following today's incident but may be permanently shuttered according to Stephen Ross, the billionaire developer behind Hudson Yards told the Daily Beast.
“We thought we did everything that would really prevent this,” Ross told the outlet. “It's hard to really fathom how something like that could happen. But you know, I feel terrible for the family.”
"I want to see every possibility we can do. I mean, we thought we had covered everything," he added.
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