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Jul 15th 2008, 4:23 am

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JBR Suicide

According to Seven Days, a young British expat threw himself off the 32nd floor at JBR over the weekend. Very sad indeed.

Jul 15th 2008, 4:25 am

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According to Seven Days, a young British expat threw himself off the 32nd floor at JBR over the weekend. Very sad indeed.

it wasn't Vince, was it...

Jul 15th 2008, 4:34 am

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surprise surprise, gulf news was at pains to point out that it was alcohol-related...

MM, xx

Jul 15th 2008, 4:36 am

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Re: JBR Suicide

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According to Seven Days, a young British expat threw himself off the 32nd floor at JBR over the weekend. Very sad indeed.

It made The Sun in UK, they seem to have taken a keen interest in Dubai at the moment, I wonder why.

Article said he was a 26 year old Brit who got drunk, argued with his missus and took a jump from apartment in the Marina.

Jul 15th 2008, 4:39 am

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surprise surprise, gulf news was at pains to point out that it was alcohol-related...

MM, xx

well, it's not as if UK papers are any better... only difference is they'd put certain world in [B]BOLD CAPITALS[B], e.g. after BINGING...

Jul 15th 2008, 5:35 am

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i thought i had read somewhere this incident happened at the Damac Waves building ?

Jul 15th 2008, 5:43 am

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i thought i had read somewhere this incident happened at the Damac Waves building ?

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/52477...ubai-high-rise

Jul 15th 2008, 2:14 pm

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surprise surprise, gulf news was at pains to point out that it was alcohol-related...

MM, xx

Perhaps because it was?

Jul 15th 2008, 2:20 pm

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Perhaps she pushed him???

Jul 15th 2008, 2:46 pm

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Re: JBR Suicide

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Perhaps because it was?

from what I have read, it was

Jul 15th 2008, 3:13 pm

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from what I have read, it was

yeah...everybody that drinks goes and jumps...
don't you suppose that just maybe the guy had some serious issues going on in his life...

Jul 15th 2008, 3:18 pm

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yeah...everybody that drinks goes and jumps...
don't you suppose that just maybe the guy had some serious issues going on in his life...

not according to his family and girlfriend

Jul 15th 2008, 4:11 pm

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not according to his family and girlfriend

maybe he didn't tell them...some people bottle it all up

Jul 15th 2008, 4:48 pm

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Re: JBR Suicide

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maybe he didn't tell them...some people bottle it all up

that is very true!

Jul 15th 2008, 4:52 pm

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Re: JBR Suicide

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that is very true!

wanna talk about it....

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