New York, NY 12/19/2010 6:40:03 PM
News / Law

Woman Dies After Jumping From Roof Of Trump Palace Tower

 Jessica Fashano, 27, a young upper West Side woman leaped to her death from the roof of the  40-story Trump Place tower on Riverside Blvd. at 8:15 a.m. (12-18-2010) and  landed on the third-floor roof of an interior enclosed courtyard and died instantly.

"It was outside my window [and] it was a really bad sound - a boom," said a resident who declined to give her name. "I'll never forget it.

"Investigators believe Fashano, who lived nearby on W. 53rd St., sneaked into the building and climbed to the roof.  Police were not certain why she picked the Trump, though friends said Fashano knew someone who lived there.

Fashano, a Georgetown graduate with a stunning smile, had worked as an analyst at Citigroup and was active in the bank's charitable giving program, according to the company's website.

It was not clear why she jumped, police said. Cops did not find a note on the body or on the rooftop.