A young man has tragically died after taking a handful of magic mushrooms and falling to his death from a high rise building.
Alex Lagowitz, 23, jumped from his window in the Murray Hill area of Manhattan after reportedly taking enough of the drug to cause hallucinations, according to investigators.
Authorities in New York are now investigating his cause of death.
‘When you take these mushrooms they make you hallucinate, and in some cases, if you take enough of them, they make you believe that you can fly like Superman,’ a police drugs source told New York Post.
Lagowitz grew up in Livingston, New Jersey, and had been working as a credit training analyst with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York City since June last year.
He was a keen golfer, and would compete on behalf of his alma mater Colgate University.
On the day that he died, Lagowitz had reportedly taken the mushrooms with his 22-year-old roommate Max Kaplan earlier in the day.
Kaplan told police he fell asleep after ingesting the drugs, and woke up to find Lagowitz had disappeared.
A friend from university, who wished to remain anonymous, told NYP: ‘Alex truly was a great, warm guy who could always put a smile on his friends’ faces.’
