Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Falling Down - Lucky Escapes

1. "Woman survives fall from parking garage"
   <http://www.wesh.com/news/3279242/detail.html>
"A shortcut through a downtown Orlando parking garage could have cost a local
 woman her life"
With link to video clip describing what she tried to do.

2. "Teen somersaults to safety after fourth-floor fall"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_915064.html>
"A British junior gymnast fell from a fourth-floor hotel window - and performed
 a somersault on the way down to land feet first"

3. "Teen survives 20-storey fall"
   <http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/05/1075853985390.html>
"A 15-year-old boy miraculously survived after leaping 20 storeys to escape
 taunts by his older brother for losing in a computer game"

4. "Man catches girl as she falls 3 floors"
   <http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/1-03252004-270760.html>
"A 2-year-old girl fell three stories from a resort walkway and safely into
 the arms of a man who had been reading a book by the pool and raced to save
 her"

5. "Girl's fall broken by stray dog"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_934748.html>
"A four-year-old girl who fell from a third floor balcony was saved after
 she landed on a stray dog"

6. "Toddler survives four-storey fall"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_920987.html>
"A three-year-old boy has escaped without serious injury after falling from
 a fourth floor window in Russia"

7. "Girl survives 45-foot fall"
   <http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/03/16/384387-ap.html>
"12-year-old girl was catapulted through a window in the family's SUV during
 a two-vehicle crash, and survived a 45-foot fall from a freeway overpass"

8. "Two women injured when car falls into sinkhole"  [registration required]
   <http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-sinkhole0428,1,7080142.story>
   Photo - no registration required
   <http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-sinkholesm0428,0,1784416.photo
       ?coll=bal-home-headlines>
"Engineers examine a sinkhole today in Owings Mills after two female passengers
 of a car that fell into the hole were rescued and hospitalized with non-life-
 threatening injuries"

(a John West post)