By Leslie Albrecht
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
UPPER WEST SIDE — The construction worker whose car broke the fall of a 22-year-old who plunged out of a 39-story apartment building says he wants to meet and help the fall victim.
Thomas Magill landed on top of carpenter Guy McCormack's Dodge Charger after plummeting from a West End Avenue apartment building. Magill was in intensive care Wednesday at St. Luke's Hospital.
"I want to meet him and talk to him," said 40-year-old McCormack, who was working at a construction site across the street when Magill either fell or jumped out of a window. He'd like to ask Magill, "Why? What's up? What's so bad in your life?"
The circumstances surrounding Magill's fall remain unclear.
Police would not confirm whether Magill was attempting suicide. A police deputy at the scene Tuesday said Magill jumped from the top of the 39-story building. However, the FDNY said Magill came out of window that was between five and seven stories high.
Magill's Facebook page lists "I hate my life" among his favorite quotations. But the same page has light-hearted status updates about "perfect days" of "swimming, reruns of 'Buffy' and 'Daria,' and margaritas" with his sister.
McCormack, of New Jersey, and other workers at the site first thought that Magill was a window washer. But when they realized he had fallen out of an apartment, they assumed he had attempted suicide, McCormack said.
The car, which belongs to McCormack's wife, was totaled in the accident. But McCormack said Wednesday he was more worried about Magill than losing the car, which he and his wife paid $14,000 for last November.
"It's terrible," McCormack said. "It's a lot worse than just losing a car. I guess he's gonna make it, but he's got some things to work out."
McCormack, a married father of four, believes he could have a positive influence on Magill.
"Somebody needs to talk to him, be it me, or somebody else," McCormack said. "You never know who you'll meet, and what they'll say and how they'll change your life around."
