© Riyad Hasan Modal Trigger A Long Island Rail Road train pulls into the Jamaica station. A Manhattan trader committed suicide by leaping in front of a different train near Syosset Tuesday.
A Manhattan trader was killed Tuesday morning by a speeding Long Island Rail Road commuter train, marking at least the seventh suicide of a financial professional this year.
Edmund (Eddie) Reilly, 47, a trader at Midtown's Vertical Group, jumped in front of an LIRR train at 6 a.m. near the Syosset train station.
He was declared dead at the scene.
Reilly's identity was confirmed by Salvatore Arena, an LIRR spokesperson, who said an investigation into the incident was continuing.
Passengers on the west-bound express train told MTA investigators they saw a man standing by the tracks before he jumped in front of the train, Arena said.
"Eddie was a great guy," Rob Schaffer, a managing director at Vertical, told The Post in an email. "We are very upset and he will be deeply missed."
The divorced father of three had rented a house around the corner from his ex-wife, Michelle Reilly, in East Norwich, NY.
One family friend, who said he spoke to the trader on Sunday, told The Post that Reilly "didn't look good."
Comment: This really brought a smile to our faces. We all know that 2 things are going to happen here: 1) The western media will misrepresent everything said on this topic. If you say nothing, they will just say you said it and lie. 2) If they succeed they will rewrite the history anyway and paint any picture of you they want and people will believe them because they'll erase everything else.
Might as well approach it with a bit of humor and a smile.