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Five story fall. Daniel Apila, 30, plummets toward street today after plunging from fifth-floor fire escape in New York
Wirephoto published in the Tribune newspaper in 1960. Purchased by David Hurn from MMG Photo Archives.
Full title: Five story fall. Daniel Apila, 30, plummets toward street today after plunging from fifth-floor fire escape in New York. He survived but suffered critical injuries. Apila ignored pleas from police, telling them, "I've done something shameful... I must die."
The photograph is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the librarian of the Baltimore Sun Archives Paul M McCardell.