what was the building connor Clapton's died in falling out...

Answer by Maria C
Submitted on 5/23/2006
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Eric Clapton's four year-old son, Connor, fell 53 floors to his death through the open window of a New York skyscraper.Lory's face darkens when she talks about what happened on the day of the tragedy in her friend's apartment on New York's 57th Street, where she was due to stay for a month. The pain is visible on her face and her voice drops to barely a whisper. 'The night before I put Connor to bed. He was pretending to be asleep but when I went to bed, he jumped in with me - he was so excited about the day he'd had with his Daddy. We began the next day with the same excitement. Connor was full of talk about the elephants he had seen with his Daddy at the circus the day before. Eric was coming to collect us and take us to Central Zoo. Connor was in his room still wearing his pajamas - he wouldn't go to sleep in any others. He was playing with his nanny and I heard him talking and shouting happily. I was having a bath and getting changed ready to go to the zoo. It was 11am and I shouted to him from the bathroom to hurry up and he shouted back happily back, "In a minute,"' 'That day the apartment block janitor was in the apartment cleaning. I told the nanny and the maid not to leave Connor alone for one second. I came out of the bathroom and heard the fax ring. I stopped to check it and after discovering that it was an estimate for some repair work, I started to compare it with others. I was there for 15 minutes, during which time I heard Connor suddenly start running as he decided to play hide and seek.' 'I heard the nanny and she was running right behind him. But as Connor run into the room where the janitor was cleaning, the janitor stopped her to tell here that he had slid open the window - a huge wall of glass. In the second she stopped to listen to what he was saying, Connor ran straight through the window. I heard a dreadful scream but it wasn't Connor. It was the nanny, I ran into the room, shouting more and more hysterically, "Where's Connor, where's Connor?" Then I saw the open window and I understood at once. I felt all my strength leave me and I collapsed on the floor.' 'Eric arrived five minutes later, not realizing Connor had fallen to the street below. He came into the bedroom and I screamed, "He's dead." His eyes went dark and he said, "Dead, he's dead. It's impossible." He found it hard to believe at first. Then his face turned to stone; it was like a film. We said absolutely nothing to each other. I just stopped functioning.' 'The glass was about 4ft by 6ft tall and as we were staying there temporarily, I never knew it was even possible to open it. It wasn't a window, but like a glass wall which was never, even meant to be opened. It was kept permanently locked, but the lock was broken and for some incomprehensible reason, janitor swung it open to let in some fresh air. It had a wooden ledge a foot off the ground. Our son much have thought the glass was still there when he jumped on to the low ledge a foot of the ground. At first first I wanted to kill the janitor. He had no common sense. He never even asked for forgiveness later.' 'I kept thinking of ifs... if I hadn't stopped to read the fax, I would have seen the window open and closed it. From that moment on I ceased to live. The concierge called the ambulance but obviously there was no hope. Eric went to see him at the mortuary, but I just couldn't.'

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Question by no
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what was the building connor Clapton's died in falling out to his death?

Answer by felix
Submitted on 3/19/2006
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a skyscraper

Answer by Susan
Submitted on 5/1/2006
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The Trump Tower

Answer by emma
Submitted on 5/2/2006
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he fell to his death in a New York aparment bless him i feel really sorry for him when i first heard about his death i was in tears

Answer by Dermetzger
Submitted on 6/30/2006
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somewhere in NY. a 53 story.

Answer by zack
Submitted on 7/26/2006
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williams tower

Answer by Ricky
Submitted on 8/27/2006
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De Santos Highrise

Answer by pioneer
Submitted on 9/7/2006
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Connor Clapton fell from an open window in an apartment on the 53d floor of the Galleria Condominiums at 117 East 57th Street.

Answer by BoomSheka
Submitted on 2/10/2007
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Apartment

Answer by RC
Submitted on 4/12/2007
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Out of respect, you shouldn't ask these questions, how'd you feel if you were reminded about a accident like this constantly. Obviously the CLAPTONS' deal with this in their own way, so let it be.

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