Saturday 18 June 2011

Man miraculously survives 10th floor fall

The emergency services were called after startled neighbours discovered the man dangling precariously outside their eighth floor window.



Once on the scene rescuers quickly secured the elderly man, who was by now also clinging on with both his hands, by attaching rope to his outstretched leg.

The man, who could be forgiven for holding on, had to be persuaded to let go before the rescue worker who clambered out to save him was able to haul him to safety.

The elderly man was treated in hospital but remarkably suffered only a few minor scrapes, according to local press reports.

- Story taken from http://www.telegraph.co.uk

28 comments:

  1. Wow, he survived, and he was that old? That's nuts.

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  2. how is he still alive? Wow.

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  3. He must have been a cat in a past life.

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  4. Hmmmm, skeptical, honestly. I fell about a story and a half and I am fucked up for life, surgeries and shit.

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  5. someone was watching over him that day..

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  6. wow, that is amazing!!! How can he not break bones?!

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  7. Can't believe he survived, amazing.

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  8. How the hell did he get in that position? >:/

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  9. I saw on TV. Lucky old bastard.

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  10. :o que enfermo con mas "suerte"

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  11. He must have landed just right, I just can't believe he only had scrapes, not even a broken bone. Wow.

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  12. That guy has a new appreciation for life.

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  13. Oh, I thought he fell 10 floors down!
    But he only fell two, right?

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  14. Is this a case of senility? How did he get out there?

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  15. wonder how he hung on he was so skinny D;

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  16. He's lucky but'll gonna be hurting in the morning I tell ya...

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