Red Space Rocket

This article caught my attention since we will be studing the Great Depression and the stockmarket crash in History when we return.

Tall tales about panicked speculators leaping to their deaths have become part of the popular lore about the Great Crash. But although jumping from bridges or buildings was the second-most-popular form of suicide in New York between 1921 and 1931, the “crash-related jumping epidemic” is just a myth.

Why aren’t we seeing any suicides on Wall Street? – By Nina Shen Rastogi – Slate Magazine