NEW YORK—Authorities are investigating the death of an architect who fell to his death from a New York City skyscraper just after finishing up some work on the rooftop. Bruno Travalja, 52, of Ridgewood, N.J., died Thursday afternoon after plunging from the roof of the 42-storey building in Manhattan, police said Saturday. He was the owner of Crowne Architectural Systems in North Bergen, N.J.Police said Travalja fell after apparently getting dizzy. But his wife, Alexis Travalja, said the firm’s staff said he had misstepped and tripped. Alexis Travalja said she and her husband started the firm that builds windows and curtain walls in their basement 11 years ago.

Source: thestar September 17, 2016 22:30 UTC