Sunday, October 08, 2006

Impressive - Fell From the 14th Floor and Survived


From Brazil'stv show  Fantastico (in Portuguese, translation and comments in brackets mine)
It all happened exactly two months ago (...) she drank a little wine and was cleaning a window [ok, not very smart], when she had a scare. [scare!?]

(...)

Debora fell from the 14th floor and fell on top of a swing set on the building's playground. (...) it looked like it all would have ended there.

(...)

"We found here facing down on the ground. Since the fall was from so high up, her leg was on her shoulder", said fireman Marco Antonio Carched.

"She was talking rapidly, complaining of pains, wouldn't let us come close", said fireman Manuel da Silva.

It took 15 minutes to saw the swing off and put her in a stretcher. Very delicate work.

Exposed fractures, broken bones on jaw, spine, arms, legs, feet. Trauma to the brain, lungs and heart. (I believe she lost part of the left leg too). 20 days in a coma. But she is alive.

Sheesh.

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