Mortality

I saw a dead body on the way to work this morning.

As I passed Madison Ave while walking down 23rd St I noticed a slight commotion with yellow caution tape and an emergency vehicle with flashing lights. This is not out of the ordinary, so I didn't take much notice until I saw the "Medical Examiner" lettering on the side of the vehicle and noticed the human form on the park bench covered in a white sheet.

That park is not too far from a methodone clinic, and it isn't rare to see some seriously tweaked out people along the benches at the edge of the park. This leads me to believe it was a drug related death rather than foul play. But still.

This was one New York experience that I didn't need to have.