A 2-year-old boy in Silver Spring, Maryland, fell from a Fifteenth-floor house balcony, hit bushes on the bottom and lived with an damage.
The kid, who has not been named, fell on the Enclave Flats at 2:11 p.m. Thursday. He fell into brush and mulch and was despatched to the hospital with non-life-threatening accidents, the Montgomery County Police Division mentioned, in line with the MoCo Present weblog.
The house the boy fell from has protecting glass on its balcony, however not a railing, MCPD spokeswoman Shiera Goff instructed ABC Information. Adults had been house on the time of the autumn.
“By all accounts appears to be doing fairly properly. The kid was alert and acutely aware and crying with Mother. Solely potential damage was a potential damaged arm,” Montgomery County Fireplace and Rescue Providers Assistant Chief Daniel Ogren instructed MoCo Present.
The boy’s physique, together with the bushes, helped him survive.
“His age and measurement and weight [are] actually what helped, as a result of if he had been any heavier, he might not have survived. I feel it was a mixture of these bushes being there, these shrubs, and his measurement and weight,” Ms. Goff mentioned.
Others residing within the advanced surprise how the boy managed to stand up and over the balcony.
“It’s horrible, and the balcony might be at the least 2 ft tall. So if it’s a baby that younger, how did he fall off? It’s miraculous to listen to. Once I look as much as the Fifteenth ground, it is a constructing with 20 flooring, so 15 could be very, very excessive. So, thank God, it’s a miracle that the kid survived,” Enclave Tenant Affiliation Vice President Pascal Lemaire instructed Washington’s WTTG-TV.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing, and no felony costs have been filed over the boy’s fall.
