Man tries to stop a suicide, plummets to own death

Mary Bowerman | USA TODAY Network

A 24-year-old man fell to his death while trying to pull another young man from the ledge of a 14th floor University of Hawaii dormitory, Honolulu police said.

Police said the man fell while trying to convince a 19-year-old who was on a window ledge to come back inside, according to police.

Both of the men fell to the ground and were taken to the hospital with critical injuries, AP reported. The 24-year-old was pronounced dead upon arrival, and the other remains in critical condition, police said.

Authorities have not released their names.

The two men were not University of Hawaii students, Dan Meisenzahl, a university spokesman, told AP.

Meisenzahl said one of the dorm residents had people over, and the two men were among the party guests.

"It's a terrible tragedy — the last thing we want to happen," Meisenzahl told AP. "Of course, our condolences go out to their friends and family."