By Todd Quinones 
 
 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The boots of the victim lying on the sidewalk were a stark reminder of the tragedy that unfolded in Center City. 
 
 An 18-year-old freshman at Temple University fell to her death from an 8th floor window Thursday night. 
 
 The victim has been identified by Temple University as Rebecca Kim. 
 
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 “She may have even been sitting on the ledge, it’s about a two foot wide ledge, possibly taking some pictures,” Philadelphia Chief Inspector Scott Small said. 
 
 It’s believed Kim may have slipped as she was going back inside. 
 
 Kim was visiting two friends at an Art Institute of Philadelphia dorm room when she fell just before 6 p.m. at the 1500 block of Chestnut Street. 
 
 Both of the male students the victim was visiting were questioned by police. 
 
 Kim hit a 44-year-old woman, who was walking on the 16th Street sidewalk. The pedestrian was rushed to Hahnemann University Hospital. She suffered fracture vertebrae in her neck and had some teeth knocked out, but is expected to be okay. 
 
 “The 44-year-old female, she was conscious, she was talking, she was very upset and she was complaining of pain,” Small said. 
 
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 A statement released by Temple University Friday morning read in part: 
 
 “It is with great sadness that I inform you of the death of Rebecca Kim, a first-year student in the College of Science and Technology. Ms. Kim died Thursday evening in a fall from a Center City building. Ms. Kim started at Temple last August, was a resident of Johnson Hall and was enrolled in the pre-pharmacy program. She was 18 years old. 
 
 Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends.” 
 
 A grief counselor was at the school Friday. 
 
 Police were obtaining a search warrant to look inside the dorm room. As of right now, there is no evidence to suggest foul play or suicide, but the investigation is ongoing. 
 
 CBS3’s Jan Carabeo contributed to this story. 
 
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 She was a Presbyterian and had just graduated from Wissahickon High School in Ambler, she said. She wanted to attend pharmacy school "for several reasons, like loving chemistry and wanting to work with and serving people." 
 
 "I'm allergic to apples but I eat them anyway," she said. She didn't know how to swim. "I nearly drowned at least three times, once at a beach. Not fun." 
 
 Kim was visiting an eighth-floor apartment in Center City late Thursday afternoon when she climbed onto a ledge to take a picture. 
 
 She slipped and plunged to the sidewalk along 16th Street just south of Chestnut Street. As she fell, she struck a 44-year-old woman walking directly below. 
 
 Kim was taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. 
 
 The pedestrian was taken to Hahnemann University Hospital, where she was listed in critical but stable condition Friday. 
 
 Police said that their investigation was continuing, but that witness accounts appeared to confirm that the fall was accidental. 
 
 Neil D. Theobald, president of Temple, confirmed Friday morning that Kim had started in August in the College of Science and Technology and was enrolled in the pre-pharmacy program. She was a resident of Johnson Hall. 
 
 "Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends," Theobald said in a statement. 
 
 The principal at Wissahickon recalled a bright and active student. 
 
 "She was a nice young woman who had her whole life ahead of her," said Lyn Fields. 
 
 Kim, who lived in North Wales, was an excellent student with a passion for math and science and who took Advanced Placement and honors courses, Fields said. 
 
 She was on the indoor track team and a member of the math and key clubs, as well as the National Honor Society. 
 
 "She just seemed to enjoy so many different things," Fields said. "She always had a smile on her face." 
 
 The apartment where Kim fell is a dorm unit for the Art Institute of Philadelphia. 
 
 Chris Hardman, a spokesman for the company that operates the institute, expressed condolences to Kim's family and friends. 
 
 Hardman outlined window-safety requirements for residents. "Each window in that facility is a double window and has two locks. You would need to disengage both locks and then unlatch one of the windows to open that window," Hardman said. 
 
 The student housing handbook states that students and guests "are prohibited from leaning against and/or climbing out of any windows." 
 
 Violators could risk disciplinary actions, including suspension. 
 
 Students coming and going from the dorm Friday afternoon said they did not know Kim or the people she was visiting. But her death was nonetheless shocking. 
 
 "I don't really want to talk about it," said one man. "I saw when they were picking up her body. . . . It's rough." 
 
 The students said the building is made up of mostly four-person rooms, with multiple units on each floor. Some said their windows are bolted shut but others said they slide open easily. 
 
 "They're supposed to be bolted, unless someone plays with them," said 21-year-old Brianna Haines. 
 
 Others said they did not know if their windows opened; they never had a reason to check. 
 
 The floor Kim fell from is at the top of the stone-facade building and appears from the street to have a slightly wider ledge than the lower levels. 
 
 Bradley Resser, a 29-year-old digital film student who lives on that floor, said the ledge is wide enough "to put some plants on." 
 
 But, he added, "not wide enough to be going out there." 
 
 bmoran@phillynews.com 
 
 215-854-5983 @RobertMoran215 
 
 Inquirer staff writers Tricia L. Nadolny and Aubrey Whelan contributed to this article, as did Emily Babay of Philly.com.
– A visit with two male friends at their Art Institute of Philadelphia dorm ended tragically last night for a Temple University student after she fell to her death from an eighth-floor window, CBS Philly reports. "It is with great sadness that I inform you of the death of Rebecca Kim, a first-year student in the College of Science and Technology," reads this morning's statement from Temple University, which also lists Kim as a pre-pharmacy student. Kim, 18, hit a 44-year-old woman walking on the 16th Street sidewalk during her fall; the pedestrian, who was rushed to a local hospital, suffered a fractured spine and ribs (and lost a few teeth, according to CBS) and is said to be in critical but stable condition at a local hospital and expected to recover, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Witnesses told police that Kim had stepped out onto what's been described as a 2-foot-wide window ledge to take pictures and apparently slipped when one of the dorm's residents asked her to come back in a little before 6pm. The resident said he looked out the window after she fell and saw her lying on the sidewalk below. Kim, who suffered severe head trauma, was transported to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Although police don't have anything to suggest the fall was anything other than a terrible accident, they'll be checking out surveillance tapes from nearby businesses and are in the process of getting a search warrant for the dorm room, according to the Post-Gazette.