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Brian Forde, 22, from Athenry, was last seen walking on the rooftop of the Westside Inn youth hostel on West 10th St. last Thursday night last. Forde was staying at the hostel.
He was talking into his cell phone, according to friends who had left to go to a nearby bar. The group had been drinking on the roof before its members split up
Forde’s body was found in an alleyway of the eight story building by the building superintendent the following morning, the NYPD said in a statement.
“At this time there is no criminality suspected and the cause of death appears to be an accidental fall from height,” the statement said.