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)