{"id":97672,"date":"2022-10-15T05:51:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T05:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/elizabeth-gaglewski-who-plunged-from-bar-couldnt-cope-with-dads-death\/"},"modified":"2022-10-15T05:51:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T05:51:58","slug":"elizabeth-gaglewski-who-plunged-from-bar-couldnt-cope-with-dads-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/elizabeth-gaglewski-who-plunged-from-bar-couldnt-cope-with-dads-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Gaglewski who plunged from bar couldn&#8217;t &#8216;cope&#8217; with dad&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A 26-year-old woman who plunged from a ritzy rooftop bar in Times Square this week couldn&#8217;t \u201ccope\u201d after the death of her father two years ago, friends said \u2014 even as her mother insisted her daughter&#8217;s death was accidental.<\/p>\n<p>Cops are still investigating the reason why Elizabeth Gaglewski fell to her death Wednesday from Bar 54 at the Hyatt Centric Times Square, but friends said she was still devastated over the passing of her dad during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was a beautiful girl with a beautiful heart,\u201d said a man at Gaglewski&#8217;s home in Queens on Friday, who declined to give his name.  \u201cShe She lost her father two years ago and she never knew how to cope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gaglewski&#8217;s devastated mother, Hope Smith, told The Post her daughter hadn&#8217;t struggled with mental illness.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Aspiring model Elizabeth Gaglewski was remembered as \u201ca beautiful girl with a beautiful heart.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Zach Hilty\/BFA.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think it was an accident,\u201d said Smith, 65. \u201cShe wasn&#8217;t struggling with anything.  When she left me to go out to meet friends, she was perfectly happy and contented and she looked beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her daughter, who grew up in Manhattan, had gone to meet friends, Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe took good care of herself.  My daughter was a purist, meaning that she kept minimum friends, she was very private, she put no substance in her body\u2026 no junk food.  She exercised, she danced.  She was very spiritual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith broke down Friday on her way out of the home to go to dialysis and then the morgue.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-square-hyatt-elizabeth-gaglewski-03.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Police are investigating whether Elizabeth Gaglewski fell or jumped from a rooftop bar in Manhattan on Oct.  12, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-24260109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-square-hyatt-elizabeth-gaglewski-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-square-hyatt-elizabeth-gaglewski-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-square-hyatt-elizabeth-gaglewski-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Police are investigating whether Elizabeth Gaglewski fell or jumped from a rooftop bar in Manhattan.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Daniel William McKnight<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-sq-jumper-015-2.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Bar 54 at the Hyatt Centric Times Square.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-sq-jumper-015-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-sq-jumper-015-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-sq-jumper-015-2.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-sq-jumper-015-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-sq-jumper-015-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBar 54 at the Hyatt Centric Times Square.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Google Earth<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-sq-jumper-016-2.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"The rooftop bar at the Hyatt Centric Times Square.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-sq-jumper-016-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-sq-jumper-016-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-sq-jumper-016-2.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-sq-jumper-016-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/times-sq-jumper-016-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe rooftop bar at the Hyatt Centric Times Square.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Hyatt<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLife has no meaning for me no more,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was my everything.  She she is everything, she is everything to me.  I can&#8217;t do nothing, nothing.  She is my only child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith broke down crying, saying she was \u201cnot feeling good.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/hope-smith-mother-elizabeth-gaglewski-02.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Elizabeth Gaglewski's mother Hope was left reeling after the tragedy.\" class=\"wp-image-24260121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/hope-smith-mother-elizabeth-gaglewski-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/hope-smith-mother-elizabeth-gaglewski-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/hope-smith-mother-elizabeth-gaglewski-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Elizabeth Gaglewski&#8217;s mother, Hope, was left reeling after the tragedy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI mean, it&#8217;s purposeless.  I am just doing what they told me to do \u2014 my sisters,\u201d Smith said.  \u201cI don&#8217;t feel anything.  I am tired, I am tired.  I didn&#8217;t sleep.  I don&#8217;t feel good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gaglewski was \u201can aspiring model and was adored by all that crossed her path,\u201d said a GoFundMe, created Friday to cover funeral expenses for the disabled mom.  Questions remain about the moments before she plunged from the 54th floor and landed on a 27th-floor balcony.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses reportedly told police the woman was \u201cseen jumping\u201d from the ledge and workers apparently tried to save her but couldn&#8217;t reach her before it was too late, sources said.  Police were reviewing surveillance footage.<\/p>\n<p>Sony Beauvil, 48, who lives in the building, called the aftermath \u201cvery painful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe mother was hysterical \u2014 that&#8217;s a mother in pain,\u201d Beauvil said.  \u201cHer mother told me the police came and said something happened to her and later on she found out \u2026 She was crying when she was talking to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody is crying \u2014 even though you don&#8217;t see the tears, they are crying inside,\u201d Beauvil said.  \u201cEverybody who knows the situation came to help to keep her calm.  I am going to be there for her.  She has to pray and put her faith in God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are experiencing a mental health crisis and live in New York City, you can call 1-888-NYC-WELL for free and confidential crisis counseling.  If you live outside the five boroughs, you can dial the 24\/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline at 988, text HOME to 741741 or go to <\/em><em>SuicidePreventionLifeline.org<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 26-year-old woman who plunged from a ritzy rooftop bar in Times Square this week couldn&#8217;t \u201ccope\u201d after the death of her father two years ago, friends said \u2014 even as her mother insisted her daughter&#8217;s death was accidental. Cops are still investigating the reason why Elizabeth Gaglewski fell to her death Wednesday from Bar &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/elizabeth-gaglewski-who-plunged-from-bar-couldnt-cope-with-dads-death\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Elizabeth Gaglewski who plunged from bar couldn&#8217;t &#8216;cope&#8217; with dad&#8217;s death<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[8412,9614,2804,687,31187],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97486,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-model-seemed-happy-hours-before-falling-to-her-death-from-times-square-hotel-rooftop\/","url_meta":{"origin":97672,"position":0},"title":"The model seemed &#8216;happy&#8217; hours before falling to her death from Times Square hotel rooftop","date":"October 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A New York model hugged her mother goodbye and seemed 'happy' just three hours before she jumped to her death from the 54th floor of a Times Square rooftop bar.Elizabeth Gaglewski, 26, had reserved a table at the Hyatt Centric's bar in midtown and ordered a drink before reportedly climbing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Elizabeth Gaglewski, 26, hugged her mother Hope, left, hours before she plunged to her death from a 54th floor rooftop bar in Manhattan","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/10\/14\/19\/63483439-11316917-image-m-51_1665771304762.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":96533,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/woman-who-fell-from-nyc-bar-remembered-as-sweet-and-loving\/","url_meta":{"origin":97672,"position":1},"title":"Woman who fell from NYC bar remembered as sweet and loving","date":"October 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The 26-year-old woman who plunged to her death from a fancy rooftop bar in Manhattan was an aspiring model who was \u201csweet and loving,\u201d her family said Thursday evening. 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