Dalton School Student Plunges to Death From 11th Floor Window

A 17-year-old student at one of Manhattans’ most elite private schools plunged to his death Wednesday. The boy appeared to have fallen from a window on the 11th floor of The Dalton School. His body landed on the pavement where other children were playing.

Witnesses say the body barely missed hitting several children playing on the sidewalk. “I heard a loud bang. It sounded like a gunshot… he was just dead,” said a Dalton security guard who was outside at the time. “The fourth graders were out here [and] everybody started running away from the body.”

Investigators believe the boy’s fall was suicide. They believe the teen snuck into an empty dance studio on the 11th floor, opened the window and jumped.

The school has 1,300 students in grades kindergarten through high school. Dalton was founded in 1919 and has many notable alumni including actress Claire Danes, actor Chevy Chase and CNN News anchor Anderson Cooper.

Dalton School has not issued a statement regarding the student’s death.

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