By Ben Fractenberg
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MIDTOWN WEST — Police officers rushed to the Empire State building Wednesday after a 911 call about a possible jumper, but they found a statue instead.
The NYPD quickly realized it was just a statue from the Event Horizon exhibit when they arrived at the scene, according to NBCNewYork.com. The series includes life-size cast-iron statues perched on building ledges like the Flatiron and New York Life buildings.
"It's a pain in the ass," one officer told the New York Post about the art project which runs through mid-August. "It's a waste of manpower. We're short cops to begin with and we don't have enough cops to waste answering calls of statues committing suicide."
More than 30 people have leapt off the Empire State building since its completion in 1931. Most recently, a 21-year-old Yale student tragically killed himself by jumping off the observation deck of the building on March 30.
