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YOUNG MAN DIES AFTER FALLING FROM AVALON RIVERVIEW NORTH

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A young male fell to his death Tuesday night around 10pm, after apparently leaping from the north side of the Avalon Riverview North tower in Long Island City.  At this time the name and exact age of the person is unknown and the 108th precinct is not releasing any details, but we have learned that he was a former tenant of the building, and that after an investigation it is believed to be a suicide.

If so, this would not be the first time someone has committed suicide by leaping from this building in Hunters Point.  Sadly, back in 2010 a similar incident also occurred.

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  4. I miss you Seth I miss your smile I miss your cheesy jokes , I miss how you were such a good hearted kid . Your name will forever live in my heart REST IN PARADISE SETH ❤️

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  5. Rest in peace Seth. I’m going to miss you so much. It hurts to know your gone. I really hope your happy where you are now.

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  7. Kristian Kerkove, my dear sweet, wonderful handsome son. I am so broken hearted to know how much pain you must have been in.
    I love and miss you so much my son. Your Grandpa Arland Kerkove is very, very sad.
    I will not be able to let your brother Arland know for several more days’
    Please my dear sweet boy, rest in peace and be forever happy and never ever suffer no more. You are a Prince and a King.
    Captain Kristian, I love you.
    If any of Kristians friends would email me to tell me about Kristian, I would so dealy appreciate it.
    I love you, Love, Daddy xoxo
    skeeterkerkove1@yahoo.com

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  8. I loved and still love you so much my love. I always have and always will. I wish you knew that I forgive you for everything you did to me. I know you didn’t have a bad heart and please I just want you to know that I still love you and what happened between us will stay with me forever and I won’t ever forget someone as bright and as amazing as you. You’re a true warrior and you made it 18 years through struggle and I’m so god damn proud of you. You are in peace now and I remember you telling me that’s all you’ve ever wanted. The year we spent together will be the most memorable and amazing one of my whole life. You changed my life forever for the good and bad times. Please know that I forgive you for everything. I forgive you Kristian and I’m sorry for doing what I had to do I just wish you understood. You didn’t have the right guidance in your life and you told me how I was the only person that could save your life as I’ve had before. I feel like my call could’ve changed things. I just wish you’re happy now my love. I will love you forever and always just how I’ve always loved you. I’m in so much pain writing this because you told me nobody cared about you and I was all you had left and I just wish you knew how many people are dying just knowing what happened. People loved you baby. They did. Rest in peace my love I swear to god I will try my hardest to stay here because I know that’s what you would want me to do. You will forever be alive in everyone’s hearts!!!! I love you and I’m so happy that I made you the happiest you can be, like you told me. I love you, and I miss you, and I will see you again. Much love to everyone and stay strong.

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  9. Rest in peace bro I love you and miss you from high school memories I would never forget our adventures never leave my brothers ytf was a family with us I hope your watching over me big bro you was smart and taught me so much in the field Ima see you soon I miss you Bro for ever and always Ima hold your name up

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  10. Rest In peace big boy, youll be apart of our family and a part of the block forever !!! I know youre happy you live forever in our hearts my ytf king forever in peace !
    ♡♡♡♡

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  11. Love you baby bro.. You’d be so so proud of me meeting Rachel and all your friends. We all love you so much. I love you soooo so much I’m showing crazy without you. I’d give anything for more time with you. Can’t wait to be with you again I promise to live for you and make you proud baby! Forever..

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  12. I spent several years working with Kristian in Los Angeles when he was just a little boy. It breaks my heart into many pieces to hear this news. .

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  13. I feel like if I had made more of an effort to chill with you in July, this would never have happened. I have so much to say, but I think you already heard me through my prayers. Really just hope you’re free now and at peace. Things were supposed to be different, you were supposed to rise right after me. I always told you about struggle and how there’s always a light at the end of the tunnel, but I guess this is just what you really wanted. Rest in paradise, Seth. Peace and one love. Know that even when I needed to seperate myself from you, I always cared about you like a little brother.

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  15. I miss you so much Kristian.. I can’t believe I’m not going to be at your funeral today. It breaks my heart even worse. I promise you I’m gonna give you the memorial you deserve here in NY with everyone you loved. I’m being strong for you.. Keep sending me signs they make me feel so close to you.. I love you

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  18. I love you .. Not a second goes by I’m not aching for you …365 days since my heart went to heaven..

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  19. This is Morgan, Arland’s wife. If anyone knows where he is and if he is ok please call me. I’m worried that something terrible happened and he disappeared on the 26th of July. 8182751602 morgan@village-ca.com

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  27. I love you so much Kristian! I miss you my handsome most wonderful son! Love forever, Daddy xoxoxo

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    • You were NEVER there for him. Don’t love him now that he’s gone, when you didn’t love him while he was here. Shame on you.

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  28. You are forever on my mind. I’m so sorry I couldn’t help give you the tools you needed to get passed those demons, rise above them and truly see your worth; to see what I saw. I’m forever grateful that I knew you and will never forget you no matter how much time passes.

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    • Missing you baby.. it’s almost your birthday and your sister is missing your big hugs. Love you forever, ever ..until I’m with you again. Thank you for everything you’ve taught me and continue to show me every day.. you are the reason I am who I am today. Everything I do is for you and I know you are so so proud.. I miss you so much

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  29. Happy Birthday Kristian! I was looking at some of your art projects two days ago, you made when your were three years old at the little rainbow preschool, they are really good. I found your favorite jacket from when you were three years old. Next time you are in Hawaii, stop by for a drink. Say hi to Nana! Boo sends his love! See you sooner then later.
    love, Daddy xoxo

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    • Lol as our sperm donor, wait, I mean “father” … you should be embarrassed by commenting on here!! So stop. Everyone who knew him knows how absent you have always been!!!!!!!!
      It’s his birthday, and you never once celebrated him while he was here. You were never there for Kristian or I – so stop harassing HIM in heaven. if I know my brother, he’s sick over everything you’ve ever written trying to portray yourself as a good father.

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  30. Happy 23rd Birthday my sweet sweet love. I can’t stop crying I love you forever I miss you I will always miss you. Please never leave my side. I love you my heart is in pieces right now and will forever be until I see you again. I love you forever my angel

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  31. I love you baby, happy birthday. Hope you loved the surprise I got for you today. Thank you for helping me day to day like you do 💗

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  34. Reading through the comments here, I think anyone who wants to use this page as a memorial should. For some of us, reading through things, it’s all we got. This is about KK and keeping his memory alive. Whether it’s the exGF, sister, brother, dad, best friend… We all let him down in some way, but lets remember him together. The kid had a lot of love in him.

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    • Sounds like you didn’t know him very well, or at all. Your details are a little off from the reality, and someone who was ACTUALLY “friends” with him would know this. You shouldn’t comment on a situation you truly know nothing about. As his sister, I will always defend my Kristian, and what’s true; I will never never let his story be misconstrued. This is a fake comment written by a FAKE name. If I knew everyone close to my brother how could I not know of you?

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  35. Hi my name is Travis, kristian aka Seth , was my best friend, and I know everything…. EVERYTHING that went on in his life. It’s crazy because he was a great kid , and all he needed was LOVE and his FAMILY , and he couldn’t have neither. That kid ached for someone to understand him and love him , and the one and only person he thought loved him broke his heart . He had a lot of weight on his shoulders but everyday was a day in progress and he only seemed to look up to me because I was older . I tried my best to talk to him but the damage was already done . He was a time ticking bomb and I didn’t want to leave him alone at times so I tried to hang out with him as much as possible. To no prevail I was the one detectives called to identify his body and that was the saddest thing I ever had to do . God bless your soul Seth money 🙂 I know you always smiling down on me brodie, we’ll meet again , and for all you fake people keep his name of ya mouth

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    • Before you say something like “the only person he thought loved him broke his heart” , think before you say something along those lines. If you were truly, truly someone who was very close to him as you say you were, you wouldn’t use those choice of words. The only person on this page that could even make a comment like that ( and would never, which shows a lot ) and is truly credible of how CLOSE they were to Kristian inside of his family circle is his blood sister, Krystal. And if SHE knows what truly happened between the person who “broke his heart”, you shouldn’t speak on somebody else’s memory that they have with Kristian. Speak on your own memory with him, leave somebody else‘s memory with him alone because you will never have the full story. Only Krystal, his SISTER has the privilege to know everything, and the whole truth, not some half truth. Have some respect for yourself and your mouth because I have no problem checking you with reality in person. Don’t play with my memory with him, Krystals, or anyone that you think did him wrong. you have absolutely no right. Before making this comment, you should already know that I have enough confidence and strength to tell you what it is, enough confidence to know that I’ve loved him every single day he was here with me, and that I know EVERYTHING too. My conscious is clear, is yours?

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  36. Crazy to see all these comments years after. Rest in paradise Seth.. I feel like if I had been more present in your life towards the end this absolutely wouldn’t have happened. I just had to go through what I had to go thru. Living with a mentally ill person wasn’t easy for me. I just wish there was some way to let you know that. I sensed your turmoil and was trying to be there for you but random things created roadblocks one after the other. Ugh… The moment before I was able to reach out to you to let you know I felt your pain and had a way to help you it was too late. Seems cruel… I don’t know. I can’t control life though. I just wish I was more on top of my own sh*t maybe I guess so that I could have been more able to reach you. I had a dream about you a few days ago. I forgot what it was about. It kinda freaked me out. I try to feel your presence and I can’t intuit where you are. I think that bothers me the most. I truly hope you’re in a better place.. I really do man. I wish there was some way you could let me know that you’re alright. Anyways, rest easy. You had such an amazing soul, I wish you were able to come to terms with that when you were here. I wish I had let you know that.

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  37. 5 years later and my heart is aching right now.. I miss you so much .. I wish you were here to tell you how much I’ve grown. How much I learned .. I wish I could just hug you right now
    This is so hard. I never thought that my pain 5 years later feels like the pain I felt 5 years ago when I found out you had left this world. Why didn’t you call me that night .. why didn’t you call anyone my love 😢 it didn’t have to be like this .. I’m trying to find the strength to visit you today.. I hope I can even see Krystal . I love you forever my love. I’m drowning in my own tears feeling all of the pain you let go of .. I’ll feel everything for you if i know you’re okay. I miss you and I love you with all of my heart 😢😢 please give me strength today .. these years, especially this month is the hardest for me .. you will never leave my mind or heart. I miss you Kristian 😢💚

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  38. My love, I miss you every day.. you would be so proud, thank you for making me the woman I am today.. all my strength comes from you. These comments are embarrassing- no one will ever trash you, especially not now when you aren’t here. My angel, you fought so hard in this life, thank you for holding on for so long. No one truly knows the struggles you were dragged through, my warrior❤️ I know you are waiting for me- can’t wait till I can hug you again. Love u forever king k !!!!

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  39. Weren’t there txt messages from Rachel’s new boyfriend taunting and teasing Kristian before this happened? She could have been with him. How did her boyfriend get his phone number?

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  40. Kristian, Happy Birthday!!!! Kristian, it is your 25th birthday today! Everybody misses you lots and lots.
    Aye Captain Kristian, may ye always have clear skies, the wind at your back and gentle, calm seas.
    Your friends and family love you! I love you today, more then I loved you yesterday, I will love you even more tomorrow.
    Love, Kid Charlemagne

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    • It’s funny how the guilt keeps bringing you back to write to your son, and even using fake names pretending to be a friend of his…. You’re sick skeeter, and as your daughter I have ever right to say so. You’ve got karma built in your next life for what you did to your child and all of your children, especially my brother. I hope every day on this earth continues to be living hell for you, you deserve all the pain and suffering this life has to offer. I’d wish you well, but you don’t deserve it. A monster like you could never be pitied.

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  41. Even after all of this time I’m still so genuinely and incredibly sad that you’re not here. I tried so hard. I hope you know how much you were cared for.

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  1. […] A reader tipped us off that according to the Citizen App another person jumped from the tower 4545 Center Boulevard last night. Around 9pm a passel of police cars zoomed to the site, followed quickly by a large area cordoned off with police tape – though the app mentioned this person landed on the 7th Floor rooftop of the building. If so, this is the second jumper this year in this building, and the fourth known fatal jumper along Center Boulevard this past decade. […]

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