ABSTRACT
You’ve probably seen it many times at the movies and on television. There’s a distraught man standing on the twenty-seventh story of the highest building in the city. He’s familiar since you’ve seen individuals like him grace the silver screen in the past. He’s depressed — so depressed he can’t imagine going on with his life. Below, a crowd of bystanders gathers, their eyes glued on him. The police chief bellows through his megaphone as he tries to dissuade this poor soul from ending his life. The place is swarming with the SWAT team and hostage negotiation squad.
