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binary solo on 25 July 2010

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3957063/Teen-in-16-storey-fall-up-and-about

"LATEST: A 15-year-old boy who fell from his 16th-floor apartment on Thursday night is now up and about in hospital.

He is expected to be discharged on Friday. "

Don't try this at home folks.

That's one lucky kid. I wonder what was going through his mind for the second or 2 he was falling.



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oldschoolfool on 25 July 2010

what are the odds. lol



c03n3nj0 on 25 July 2010

Well if it wasn't on purpose, how would a 15  year old be dumb enough to fall over? 

At least now he'll be more careful. 



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dsister on 25 July 2010
binary solo said:

That's one lucky kid. I wonder what was going through his mind for the second or 2 he was falling.


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Mr Puggsly on 25 July 2010



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wfz on 25 July 2010

Considering that seems almost impossible to accidentally do, I'm going to assume he did it on purpose.

 

He must think "God" really hates him for letting him live. He is destined to suffer in this world for a bit longer.

 

*kid jumps out window to kill himself*

God: "LOL No."

*kid doesn't die and goes on cursing this life*



Acevil on 25 July 2010

Damn, I didn't even think that would be possible. 



 

HappySqurriel on 25 July 2010
oldschoolfool said:

what are the odds. lol


Better than you would probably assume:

"A window washer who fell 47 stories from the roof of a Manhattan skyscraper is now awake, talking to his family and expected to walk again."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22502580/

While I would say that it is amazingly uncommon, and no one should ever risk it, there have been several incidents in my life where people survived accidents that (by all accounts) should have killed them.



Jay520 on 26 July 2010

^Who the hell are these lucky people. I want to know their secret.



.jayderyu on 26 July 2010

The secret to falling is relaxation. The human body is an amazing machine that knows how to spread impact energy over a great area. The issue arises that often when a person knows they are going to have an impact often tense up which prevents the energy distribution. If you going to fall try to be unconscious. There are of course limits to this. Hitting head first and it doesn't matter.

http://www.wikihow.com/Survive-a-Long-Fall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesna_Vulović
http://www.oddee.com/item_96967.aspx



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