The man who tried to fix the window, died after falling from the 12th floor

55-year-old resident of the Upper East side died after flying 12 floors, trying to repair the window in his apartment. His wife watched in horror over the tragedy.

Yesterday (15 Feb) around 9:45 Michael Kortan stood on the chair and repaired the living room window in a house on East 87th Street near Third Avenue. At some point the man lost his balance and fell from the open window. According to witnesses, during the incident, the wife of Cortana was in the apartment just a few meters away from him.

Work Humberto Vargas said that he saw a man in the window for a few minutes before the fall.

«He pulled his hand, I thought he was cleaning a window or something like that – and I went back to work, recalls Vargas. – Five minutes later I saw the police running. I looked up and saw him, and he was lying on the ground.»

According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred very quickly. «My boss helped a COP to do CPR,» added Vargas.

Other witnesses also saw Cortana, who was already unconscious and not breathing. Next to him was a wrench. According to police, near his body was discovered the Bank with WD40.

«At some point I saw that his lips were purple,» said 20-year-old Lisette colon working at Maison Kayser on the first floor of the building.

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«He left two very beautiful daughters,» said a neighbor who asked not to be named.

According to authorities, Kurten was rushed to Metropolitan Hospital Center and pronounced dead there. The children were in school during the tragedy.

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