Wish I Could Have Saved Phyllis Hyman

She is so darn pretty. What could have been wrong? My heart is sad. When I learned of Phyllis Hyman's suicide, I believed that if I had known her personally, I might would have been able to save her. She did not believe that she was sexy, had a good voice; she was the total package and had a dynamic sultry voice. Problems of self worth, image and all those psychological necessities are prevalent in many young people, today. The pressure of living in an ever changing world is quite powerful

22-year-old N.J. woman leaps to death off George Washington Bridge Ashley Riggitano was a recent grad of the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising in Manhattan 

Ashley Riggitano was a recent grad of the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising in Manhattan.

BY EDGAR SANDOVAL AND ERIK BADIA / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2013, 9:11 AM

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Ashley Riggitano appears in this facebook photo.

A young up-and-coming fashionista jumped to her death off the George Washington Bridge Wednesday, police sources said.

Ashley Riggitano, 22, leaped from the span about 4:45 p.m., the sources said.

The Paramus, N.J., native was a recent graduate of the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising in midtown and had started her own jewelry business, MissFits.

Riggitano's family in New Jersey could not immediately be reached for comment.

Her fellow students at the Institute of Merchandising were stunned by the news, which was announced in a campus-wide email.

"You just never know what goes through someone's mind," said LIM student Helen Koltovskaya. "Some people don't tell others what they are going through. I don't know how this can happen."

Christian Jensin, 22, said the school is a tight-knit community of about 2,500 students.

"It's very sad. She's one of us, so young, with her whole life ahead of her," he said. "We just can't understand it."

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