Thomas Magill Falls 40 Stories, Lands on car, SURVIVES.

[Tom Clancy]

Holy shit..

Thomas Magill Falls 40 Stories, Lands On Car, SURVIVES

NEW YORK — A New York City man who plunged 40 stories from the rooftop of an apartment building has survived after crashing onto a parked car.

Witnesses and police say 22-year-old Thomas Magill jumped from the high-rise at West 63rd Street on Tuesday. He landed in the backseat area of a Dodge Charger after crashing through the windshield.

He suffered broken legs. Police say he's in critical condition.

The car's owner, Guy McCormack, of Old Bridge, N.J., told the Daily News he's convinced that rosary beads he kept inside the Dodge saved Magill's life.

Police are investigating why Magill jumped from the building.

Magill isn't the only New Yorker to survive a high-rise fall. Window washer Alcides Moreno fell 47 stories from the roof of a skyscraper in December 2007, and doctors expected him to walk again.

 

[Madeline]

Seems impossible, Tom. Truely a weird story.

 

[syrenn]

Holy shit..

Thomas Magill Falls 40 Stories, Lands On Car, SURVIVES

NEW YORK — A New York City man who plunged 40 stories from the rooftop of an apartment building has survived after crashing onto a parked car.

Witnesses and police say 22-year-old Thomas Magill jumped from the high-rise at West 63rd Street on Tuesday. He landed in the backseat area of a Dodge Charger after crashing through the windshield.

He suffered broken legs. Police say he's in critical condition.

The car's owner, Guy McCormack, of Old Bridge, N.J., told the Daily News he's convinced that rosary beads he kept inside the Dodge saved Magill's life.

Police are investigating why Magill jumped from the building.

Magill isn't the only New Yorker to survive a high-rise fall. Window washer Alcides Moreno fell 47 stories from the roof of a skyscraper in December 2007, and doctors expected him to walk again.

Holy shit! I guess the truck must have some great shocks!

 

[Montrovant]

Stories like this, or people jumping from planes and their chutes malfunctioning, but surviving, are always weird. You think at first blush the people are lucky, but the extent of the injuries makes me think sometimes they are UNlucky.