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American Charles F Harris Jumps from Sokha Hotel 20th Floor
American Charles F Harris Jumps from Sokha Hotel 20th Floor
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:43 am
by CEOCambodiaNews
A 66 year old man, identified as Charles Fredrick Harris from the US fell from the twentieth floor (top floor) of Sokha Hotel on the other side of the river
American citizen Charles Harris, known to his friends as Charlie Harris, fell from the 20th (top) floor of Sokha Hotel and died immediately at the scene.
It happened around 10:30 am on 05 October 2015. There were people (male and female) arguing and fighting each other. It wasn’t sure what caused the man to fall down. After the incident the other people involved fled the scene.
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Update: competence unidentified foreigners fell from the Sokha Hotel, why suicide suicide jump
(Phnom Penh): Minister Authority District Changvar told that the case of a foreigner who was first reported that fell from the hotel 'Sokha' That is suicide jumped to their deaths, and the victims were American, but the case is under investigation by the competent experts first to find out the real reason.
Police officials said the victim was Harris, Charles Frederick, 66, was staying in the hotel since October 03, 2015, back before the scene up to the 20th floor and drown herself.
Please note that this case has caused shock at 10 am on 05 October 2015, is located in the hotel 'Sokha' on this side Chroy district Changvar but all journalists are those overseeing the hotel's banned capture and retrieve that information.
Update: competence unidentified foreigners fell from the Sokha Hotel, why suicide suicide jump
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(Phnom Penh): Minister Authority District Changvar told that the case of a foreigner who was first reported that fell from the hotel 'Sokha' That is suicide jumped to their deaths, and the victims were American, but the case is under investigation by the competent experts first to find out the real reason.
Police officials said the victim was Harris, Charles Frederick, 66, was staying in the hotel since October 03, 2015, back before the scene up to the 20th floor and drown herself.
Please note that this case has caused shock at 10 am on 05 October 2015, is located in the hotel 'Sokha' on this side Chroy district Changvar but all journalists are those overseeing the hotel's banned capture and retrieve that information.
Source: ABC Cambodia
Re: A Man Falls from the Sixth Floor of Sokha Hotel
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:06 pm
by CEOCambodiaNews
A Foreigner Falls from the sixth floor of Sokha Hotel
Phnom Penh: According to Koh Santepheap, a correspondent of Koh Santepheap News reported that there was a foreigner who fell from the sixth floor of Sokha Hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and died immediately. It happened around 10:00 am, on 05 October 2015 located in chroy changvar district.
Re: A Foreigner Falls from the Sixth Floor of Sokha Hotel
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:25 pm
by CEOCambodiaNews
A man who fell from the sixth floor of the new Sokha Hotel and died immediately at the scene was identified as an American national
Phnom Penh: According to correspondent of Koh Santepheap News, the man who fell from the sixth floor of Sokha Hotel was identified as American national, however his identity hasn’t yet been released.
He stayed in room 728 of Sokha Hotel since 03 October 2015. Before the incident happened he was walking around on 20th floor and then he was seen falling from the north part of the hotel and it wasn’t sure what caused him to fall down.
Police are waiting for embassy staff to come to check the dead body and journalists were not allowed to get closer to take pictures.
Re: An American Man Falls from the Sixth Floor of Sokha Hote
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:13 pm
by Duncan
Ummm, is this the building he fell from.
Re: An American Man Falls from the Sixth Floor of Sokha Hote
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:04 pm
by CEOCambodiaNews
An American man fell from the 20th floor of Sokha Hotel
According to Nokorwat News, A foreigner fell from the top floor of Sokha Hotel and he died immediately at the scene. It is not clear what caused him to fall down. It happened around 10:00 am on 05 October 2015 located in village 1, group 3, chroy changvar commune, chroy changvar district, Phnom Penh.
Police said the victim's name is Harris, Charles Frederick , American national, 66 years old. He stayed in the hotel since 03, October, 2015.
According to the resource, the victim went all the way up to the top and then he fell down and the reason of his fall has not been identified yet.
4 people have already died at that hotel since the beginning of construction.
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Re: American Charles F Harris Jumps from Sokha Hotel's 6th F
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 4:50 pm
by General Mackevili
Quite obviously a suicide?
Re: American Charles F Harris Jumps from Sokha Hotel's 6th F
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 5:25 pm
by TheGrinchSR
Might be suicide by Russian mafia (it's a popular way to die down in Pattaya I hear)? But he picked the right floor to jump from... they say go above the 19th floor to ensure a proper splat mark rather than shattered bones and paralysis.
Re: American Charles F Harris Jumps from Sokha Hotel's 6th F
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:49 pm
by Hotdigr
TheGrinchSR wrote:Might be suicide by Russian mafia (it's a popular way to die down in Pattaya I hear)? But he picked the right floor to jump from... they say go above the 19th floor to ensure a proper splat mark rather than shattered bones and paralysis.
Worked high rise construction for 25 years. 3 floors ( 10 mts) and you will die, except in exceptional circumstances, is the rule of thumb we all work by.
Re: American Charles F Harris Jumps from Sokha Hotel's 6th F
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:59 pm
by TheGrinchSR
Hotdigr wrote:
TheGrinchSR wrote:Might be suicide by Russian mafia (it's a popular way to die down in Pattaya I hear)? But he picked the right floor to jump from... they say go above the 19th floor to ensure a proper splat mark rather than shattered bones and paralysis.
Worked high rise construction for 25 years. 3 floors ( 10 mts) and you will die, except in exceptional circumstances, is the rule of thumb we all work by.
Which is a good rule of thumb according to a lot of sources but Wiki finds that - Overall, the height at which 50% of children die from a fall is between four and five storey heights above the ground - which is 15 meters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_fall#Surviving_falls
And the furthest anyone has ever fallen to ground and survived is over 33,000 feet! Which makes 10 meters look like a doddle. Though falls from more than about 1,500 feet result in the same level of impact with the ground as terminal velocity has been reached by then.
Re: American Charles F Harris Jumps from Sokha Hotel 20th Fl
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:13 pm
by General Mackevili
No way in hell I'd jump from a 3rd floor to kill myself! It would likely be a slow death compared to 10 stories+.
Surviving a jump would be terrible and probably make me suicidal all over again.
