纽约一名大学生在毕业前几周在学校意外坠楼死亡

坠楼死者Sydney Monfries，今年22岁，是Fordham University大学一名大四临毕业的学生。据悉，周日凌晨(4/14)，死者在爬上校园内标志性建筑基廷钟塔(Keating Clock tower)后，不慎从约30英尺(9米多)的高处落下，被发现时严重受伤，之后送入医院因伤势严重不幸去世。这么好的年龄发生这样的悲剧，实在是令人惋惜。

据了解，当时Sydney Monfries想在毕业前，爬到校园内标志建筑上(钟楼)拍照留念，但失足坠楼，据悉在发生惨剧前，她还在其社交媒体上发了个视频，并标注 "Bell tower" 。据该大学的说法，Fordham University的钟塔禁止学生进入，在夜间会上锁。大学方也证实，死者Sydney Monfries和她的朋友进入钟塔之前，它是被锁上了的，当局现在正在调查他们是如何进入该塔的。

Fordham University校长Rev. Joseph M. McShane在声明中称，“没有足够的词语可以形容这一悲剧带来的悲痛情绪，一个如此年轻和充满希望的人在其毕业前几周发生这样的惨剧...” 同时，校长还表示，会将Sydney Monfries的学士学位证书，转交给她的父母。

(福特汉姆大学Fordham University成立于1841年,位于纽约,是一所中等规模的私立天主教大学,知名度很高,在纽约仅次于哥伦比亚大学和纽约大学)

BREAKING: Fordham university student Sydney Monfries, 22, dies after fall from school's iconic clock tower, university president says.

Officials are investigating how the student gained access to the tower, which is normally locked. - WNBC pic.twitter.com/8p9ykvQshU

— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) April 14, 2019

Fordham student Sydney Monfries dies from injuries after falling from campus tower https://t.co/5rjGjlKMZy pic.twitter.com/mwWgicsCy8

— New York Post (@nypost) April 14, 2019

Sydney Paige Monfries identified as Fordham University student who fell from bell tower https://t.co/njdgdzqkYA pic.twitter.com/n5KXWs9UFl

— New York Post (@nypost) April 14, 2019

A #PDX native & Fordham University college student has died after NYC police confirm she fell from a bell tower on campus.

Administrators confirm Sydney Monfries graduated from @JesuitHighPDX in 2015. In 2016, she interned at @KGWNews. Our hearts go out to her family. pic.twitter.com/TWLXAuL5Cy

— Maggie Vespa KGW (@Maggie_Vespa) April 15, 2019