Thursday, November 11, 2004

Falling Down - Lucky Escapes II

1. "Sleeping man survives cliff plunge"
   <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1239841.htm>
"He later awoke to the sound of waves crashing around him after the vehicle
 dropped down a 15-metre embankment and came to rest at the bottom, upside
 down on the rocks in the surf"

2. "Cavorting couple careen off cliff"
   <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1224091.htm>
"A couple who parked for a bit of passion on wheels got the surprise of their
 lives after their raucous rocking sent their car over a cliff in the west of
 Argentina"

3. "Husband catches falling wife"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1092945.html>
"A Chinese woman who accidentally fell from the balcony of her fifth-floor
 apartment was caught by her husband standing below"

4. "Man's survival 'miracle'"
   <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/02/1086058913927.html>
"An elderly Taiwanese man who plummeted 12 storeys to the ground after he
 fell from his apartment balcony while changing a lightbulb survived with
 only minor bruises"

5. "Lada softens man's 50ft fall"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1110018.html>
"A Serbian man survived a 50 foot fall from his flat by landing on the roof
 of Lada parked below"

6. "Toddler survives 80ft fall"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1168069.html>
"A two-year-old Romanian boy survived an 80ft fall down a rubbish chute from
 the top of a nine-storey block of flats"

(a John West post)