Thursday, November 11

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)