The Bobster
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It's Flying Niglet Season Again: Turdler Dies After Fall From Fifth Story Window
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The Bobster
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2-Year-Old Boy Falls From 2nd Floor Window in Norristown
By David Chang
Wednesday, Sep 10, 2014 • Updated at 10:41 PM EDT
The 2-year-old boy was inside a home on the 300 block of East Moore Street in Norristown when he fell out of a second floor window.
A young boy is in the hospital after he fell from a home in Montgomery County Wednesday night.
The 2-year-old boy was inside a home on the 300 block of East Moore Street in Norristown when he fell out of a second floor window.
The boy suffered a head injury in the fall. He was flown by medical chopper to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Officials have not yet revealed his condition.
2-Year-Old Boy Falls From 2nd Floor Window in Norristown
By David Chang
Wednesday, Sep 10, 2014 • Updated at 10:41 PM EDT
The 2-year-old boy was inside a home on the 300 block of East Moore Street in Norristown when he fell out of a second floor window.
A young boy is in the hospital after he fell from a home in Montgomery County Wednesday night.
The 2-year-old boy was inside a home on the 300 block of East Moore Street in Norristown when he fell out of a second floor window.
The boy suffered a head injury in the fall. He was flown by medical chopper to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Officials have not yet revealed his condition.
The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2014/09/17/child-9-story-building-fall-in-west-philadelphia/
8-Year-Old Girl Killed In High-Rise Building Fall In West Philadelphia
September 17, 2014 9:00 AM
Scene of deadly building fall in West Philadelphia on September 17, 2014. (credit: Jim Melwert)
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A young girl has died after falling out of a high-rise apartment complex in Philadelphia Wednesday morning.
The incident happened at an apartment complex in the 4200 block of Locust Street in West Philadelphia.
According to investigators, an eight-year-old girl fell out of the apartment complex from the 9th floor.
The child was rushed to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, but was pronounced dead at 8:28 a.m.
It was not immediately known what led to the deadly fall.
The incident remains under investigation.
8-Year-Old Girl Killed In High-Rise Building Fall In West Philadelphia
September 17, 2014 9:00 AM
Scene of deadly building fall in West Philadelphia on September 17, 2014. (credit: Jim Melwert)
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A young girl has died after falling out of a high-rise apartment complex in Philadelphia Wednesday morning.
The incident happened at an apartment complex in the 4200 block of Locust Street in West Philadelphia.
According to investigators, an eight-year-old girl fell out of the apartment complex from the 9th floor.
The child was rushed to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, but was pronounced dead at 8:28 a.m.
It was not immediately known what led to the deadly fall.
The incident remains under investigation.
voiceofreason
Senior News Editor since 2011
http://ktla.com/2014/10/07/2-childr...ll-from-apartment-building-in-hawthorne-area/
2-Year-Old Triplet Brothers Hurt in Fall From Apartment Building Window in Hawthorne Area
Posted 1:06 PM, October 7, 2014
Lucius, far left, and Jeffrey, center, were hurt when they fell from a second-story window in Del Aire on Oct. 7, 2014.
The boys fell from a second-story window in Del Aire.
Two young brothers fell from a second-story window at a home in the Hawthorne area after they woke up from a nap and crawled out the window next to a bed, authorities said.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department was a called to the scene at South Ocean Gate Avenue and West El Segundo Boulevard (map) at 11:48 a.m., a department representative said.
The two fall victims were treated, with one in critical and one in moderate condition, the representative said.
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department new release later stated that both boys were hospitalized but had only moderate injuries.
The toddler boys were brothers, part of related triplets, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Sergio Escobedo said. The third triplet was not harmed, Escobedo said.
The boys, Jeffery and Lucious, are 2 years old, according to their father, Leonard Jimenez.
One landed on his head, while the other landed on his butt, Jimenez said.
2-Year-Old Triplet Brothers Hurt in Fall From Apartment Building Window in Hawthorne Area
Posted 1:06 PM, October 7, 2014
Lucius, far left, and Jeffrey, center, were hurt when they fell from a second-story window in Del Aire on Oct. 7, 2014.
The boys fell from a second-story window in Del Aire.
Two young brothers fell from a second-story window at a home in the Hawthorne area after they woke up from a nap and crawled out the window next to a bed, authorities said.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department was a called to the scene at South Ocean Gate Avenue and West El Segundo Boulevard (map) at 11:48 a.m., a department representative said.
The two fall victims were treated, with one in critical and one in moderate condition, the representative said.
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department new release later stated that both boys were hospitalized but had only moderate injuries.
The toddler boys were brothers, part of related triplets, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Lt. Sergio Escobedo said. The third triplet was not harmed, Escobedo said.
The boys, Jeffery and Lucious, are 2 years old, according to their father, Leonard Jimenez.
One landed on his head, while the other landed on his butt, Jimenez said.
The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
http://nypost.com/2015/05/28/teenager-resuscitates-toddler-who-fell-out-third-floor-window/
Teen saves life of toddler who fell from window
By C.J. Sullivan and Natalie Musumeci
May 28, 2015 | 1:56am
Ashley Giron
Photo: William C Lopez
A teenager saved the life of a 2-year-old girl who had fallen from a third-floor apartment window in Brooklyn Wednesday night.
Ashley Giron sprang into action when she saw little Nygeana Civil plummet from the window in Sunset Park about 7 p.m., and administered CPR.
First responders give medical attention to the 2-year-old girl.
Photo: William C. Lopez
“At first, the baby wasn’t breathing, but I knew I had to give her the standard CPR,” said Giron, 18. “Suddenly, the child started breathing. I was just shaken up.”
Nygeana, who sustained serious injuries, somehow managed to crawl past a window guard at the 44th Street building.
“I was watering my plants when I saw the little girl in the window,” said Marilyn Zelez. “I went inside and a few minutes later, I heard the mother screaming.”
EMTs took Nygeana to Lutheran Hospital. She was in stable condition.
“It just seems like a horrible tragedy,” a police source said. “It could have been a lot worse.”
Teen saves life of toddler who fell from window
By C.J. Sullivan and Natalie Musumeci
May 28, 2015 | 1:56am
Ashley Giron
Photo: William C Lopez
A teenager saved the life of a 2-year-old girl who had fallen from a third-floor apartment window in Brooklyn Wednesday night.
Ashley Giron sprang into action when she saw little Nygeana Civil plummet from the window in Sunset Park about 7 p.m., and administered CPR.
First responders give medical attention to the 2-year-old girl.
Photo: William C. Lopez
“At first, the baby wasn’t breathing, but I knew I had to give her the standard CPR,” said Giron, 18. “Suddenly, the child started breathing. I was just shaken up.”
Nygeana, who sustained serious injuries, somehow managed to crawl past a window guard at the 44th Street building.
“I was watering my plants when I saw the little girl in the window,” said Marilyn Zelez. “I went inside and a few minutes later, I heard the mother screaming.”
EMTs took Nygeana to Lutheran Hospital. She was in stable condition.
“It just seems like a horrible tragedy,” a police source said. “It could have been a lot worse.”
The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...rom-window-in-allentown-second-girl-critical/
Girl, 3, Dies After 4-Story Fall From Window In Allentown; Second Girl Critical
June 6, 2015 11:46 AM
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say one of two young girls critically injured in a fall out of a fourth-story window in eastern Pennsylvania has died.
The Lehigh County coroner’s office said 3-year-old Tamara Arnette was pronounced dead just before 8:30 p.m. Friday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest.
Allentown police say she and a 5-year-old girl fell from the apartment building window shortly before 8 p.m. Friday. The older child was last reported in critical condition.
Witnesses told The (Allentown) Morning Call that they saw a window screen fall to the ground and then the children fell. A small, child-sized chair could be seen in the window of the building.
Police say the cause of the accident is under investigation.
Girl, 3, Dies After 4-Story Fall From Window In Allentown; Second Girl Critical
June 6, 2015 11:46 AM
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say one of two young girls critically injured in a fall out of a fourth-story window in eastern Pennsylvania has died.
The Lehigh County coroner’s office said 3-year-old Tamara Arnette was pronounced dead just before 8:30 p.m. Friday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest.
Allentown police say she and a 5-year-old girl fell from the apartment building window shortly before 8 p.m. Friday. The older child was last reported in critical condition.
Witnesses told The (Allentown) Morning Call that they saw a window screen fall to the ground and then the children fell. A small, child-sized chair could be seen in the window of the building.
Police say the cause of the accident is under investigation.
The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
http://nypost.com/2015/06/21/child-miraculously-unscathed-after-falling-from-brownstone-window/
Child miraculously unscathed after falling from brownstone window
By Ken Garger
June 21, 2015 | 11:25am
A 3-year-old boy fell out of a first-floor window of a Brooklyn brownstone Saturday, but didn’t appear to be hurt, police said.
The youngster, identified by a source as Walsh Houghton, was rushed to Kings County Hospital, awake, conscious and with no visible injuries.
The accident took place on Sixth Avenue in Prospect Heights, not far from from the Barclays Center.
Child miraculously unscathed after falling from brownstone window
By Ken Garger
June 21, 2015 | 11:25am
A 3-year-old boy fell out of a first-floor window of a Brooklyn brownstone Saturday, but didn’t appear to be hurt, police said.
The youngster, identified by a source as Walsh Houghton, was rushed to Kings County Hospital, awake, conscious and with no visible injuries.
The accident took place on Sixth Avenue in Prospect Heights, not far from from the Barclays Center.
The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...w-Suffers-Head-Injuries-Police-309252141.html
2-Year-Old Girl Falls From Window, Suffers Head Injuries: Police
Updated at 8:52 AM EDT on Tuesday, Jun 23, 2015
A 2-year-old girl is in a Philadelphia hospital after she apparently fell from a window in New Jersey.
Trenton Police Lt. Stephen Varn told NJ.com the child fell asleep with her family on Sunday night. Relatives woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't find the girl.
Varn said a neighbor found her on the sidewalk around 1 a.m. Monday.
She was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center before being transported to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
It was unclear how high the window was.
The toddler suffered a skull fracture and bleeding on the brain.
2-Year-Old Girl Falls From Window, Suffers Head Injuries: Police
Updated at 8:52 AM EDT on Tuesday, Jun 23, 2015
A 2-year-old girl is in a Philadelphia hospital after she apparently fell from a window in New Jersey.
Trenton Police Lt. Stephen Varn told NJ.com the child fell asleep with her family on Sunday night. Relatives woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't find the girl.
Varn said a neighbor found her on the sidewalk around 1 a.m. Monday.
She was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center before being transported to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
It was unclear how high the window was.
The toddler suffered a skull fracture and bleeding on the brain.
The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
voiceofreason
Senior News Editor since 2011
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...red-in-fall-from-building-20150624-story.html
Boy, 4, in critical condition after fall from 6th-floor window on South Side
6/25/15
Nikia Craine was sitting on a couch with her boyfriend when she heard a thump outside her apartment window, then a woman screaming, "There's a baby on the ground!"
Craine looked out to see a 4-year-old boy, dressed in a long-sleeved sleeper, lying on the grass between cars after falling from a sixth-floor window in the 6500 block of South King Drive around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
“The baby was kind of shaking. It was bad," Craine said. “I called 911. I told them a baby just fell out of the window."
Boy, 4, in critical condition after fall from 6th-floor window on South Side
6/25/15
Nikia Craine was sitting on a couch with her boyfriend when she heard a thump outside her apartment window, then a woman screaming, "There's a baby on the ground!"
Craine looked out to see a 4-year-old boy, dressed in a long-sleeved sleeper, lying on the grass between cars after falling from a sixth-floor window in the 6500 block of South King Drive around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
“The baby was kind of shaking. It was bad," Craine said. “I called 911. I told them a baby just fell out of the window."
The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...Kensington-Philadelphia-Police-311452201.html
Child Rushed to Hospital After Falling out Window in West Kensington: Police
By Steve Beck
A young boy was rushed to the hospital after falling out a window in Philadelphia Thursday, police said.
The six-year-old fell out a second-story window at a home in the 100 block of West Huntingdon Street in West Kensington.
The child was taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in an unknown condition.
The incident is under investigation.
Child Rushed to Hospital After Falling out Window in West Kensington: Police
By Steve Beck
A young boy was rushed to the hospital after falling out a window in Philadelphia Thursday, police said.
The six-year-old fell out a second-story window at a home in the 100 block of West Huntingdon Street in West Kensington.
The child was taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in an unknown condition.
The incident is under investigation.
voiceofreason
Senior News Editor since 2011
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/2...-after-falling-out-window-in-bloomington-minn
Garden hose saves 3-year-old after falling out window in Bloomington, Minn.
Updated: Jul 03, 2015 8:58 AM PST
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (KMSP) -
A 3-year-old boy survived a nearly 30-foot fall out his bedroom window in Bloomington, Minn. on Sunday morning, and his parents believe a garden hose may have softened the fall to save his life.
Neighbor Harice Bridgeman said his quiet time in prayer on Sunday morning was interrupted by a loud thud outside his window, that was 3-year-old Tyler Change landing on the ground.
“I was getting ready to go to church and first thing I heard was a kid go ‘ouch,’” Bridgeman said. “He was just crying for his father.”
Agnes Awino said her son was jumping alone on a bed near the window, pushed through the screen, and fell nearly 30 feet. Tyler's dad ran downstairs and comforted his son until emergency crews arrived. The miracle is that he somehow survived, only suffering minor cuts and bruises.
Garden hose saves 3-year-old after falling out window in Bloomington, Minn.
Updated: Jul 03, 2015 8:58 AM PST
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (KMSP) -
A 3-year-old boy survived a nearly 30-foot fall out his bedroom window in Bloomington, Minn. on Sunday morning, and his parents believe a garden hose may have softened the fall to save his life.
Neighbor Harice Bridgeman said his quiet time in prayer on Sunday morning was interrupted by a loud thud outside his window, that was 3-year-old Tyler Change landing on the ground.
“I was getting ready to go to church and first thing I heard was a kid go ‘ouch,’” Bridgeman said. “He was just crying for his father.”
Agnes Awino said her son was jumping alone on a bed near the window, pushed through the screen, and fell nearly 30 feet. Tyler's dad ran downstairs and comforted his son until emergency crews arrived. The miracle is that he somehow survived, only suffering minor cuts and bruises.
Smedley Butler
Senior Reporter
Alien species, survive 45 cal. head hits, and this, everything, but police choke holds.
Smedley Butler
Senior Reporter
6th-floor window ?
Once upon a time five gallon buckets, and plastic bags had NO warning's on them. No child when I grew up ever drowned in a bucket or suffucated in a plastic bag, so lawyers made millions from companies, and were forced have to pay to print warnings on such objects.
Why not warnings on Car's, refrigerators, house doors, steps, grape soda, etc.
LBJ and his NYC crowd did Vietnam "Eugene Rostow" against what JFK and Douglas MacArthur would never do, so as to act as a cover for a race/culture war on US with Hollywood helping 100%, as the looting to pay for real HOT war to distract US was the real reason for it. So that there would be no chance for any organizing against the culture war at home that was as bad as being nuked if not worse.
Once upon a time five gallon buckets, and plastic bags had NO warning's on them. No child when I grew up ever drowned in a bucket or suffucated in a plastic bag, so lawyers made millions from companies, and were forced have to pay to print warnings on such objects.
Why not warnings on Car's, refrigerators, house doors, steps, grape soda, etc.
LBJ and his NYC crowd did Vietnam "Eugene Rostow" against what JFK and Douglas MacArthur would never do, so as to act as a cover for a race/culture war on US with Hollywood helping 100%, as the looting to pay for real HOT war to distract US was the real reason for it. So that there would be no chance for any organizing against the culture war at home that was as bad as being nuked if not worse.
The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
http://nypost.com/2015/08/16/falling-child-saved-by-window-screen/
Falling child saved by window screen
By Tom Wilson
August 16, 2015 | 2:07pm
A 4-year-old boy tumbled from a second-floor window at an East Flatbush apartment building Sunday morning — and suffered only minor injuries thanks to the window screen he pushed out and landed on, fambly and authorities said.
Nazar Hinds had been leaning on the screen of a window at his grandparents’ Albany Avenue home in the Brooklyn neighborhood at around 9 a.m. when the screen suddenly gave out and he fell, they said.
But by sheer luck, the screen reached the enclosed brick courtyard below first and got wedged into the ground at an odd angle, the boy’s family said.
Nazar then fell 20 feet onto the screen, which acted like a spring, cushioning his frightening fall and bouncing him off, according to relatives.
“He bounced off like a trampoline,” a relieved relative said.
Nazar’s family told The Post the child walked away from the terrifying fall nearly unscathed.
Still, he was taken less than a block away to Kings County Hospital to be checked for possible fractures, they said.
“He was banged up, but he will be OK, thank God,” said his grandfather, Wayne Hinds. “He’ll certainly never lean on the window again.”
The incident came fewer than two months after a 3-year-old boy tumbled from the first-floor window of a Brooklyn brownstone on Sixth Avenue in Prospect Heights and escaped injury.
A teenage girl was credited with saving the life of another tot in Brooklyn a month earlier.
The 2-year-old girl had plummeted from a third-floor window in Sunset Park, and Ashley Giron, 18, sprang into action when she saw the child lying on the ground not breathing. She gave the child CPR until she started breathing again.
Falling child saved by window screen
By Tom Wilson
August 16, 2015 | 2:07pm
A 4-year-old boy tumbled from a second-floor window at an East Flatbush apartment building Sunday morning — and suffered only minor injuries thanks to the window screen he pushed out and landed on, fambly and authorities said.
Nazar Hinds had been leaning on the screen of a window at his grandparents’ Albany Avenue home in the Brooklyn neighborhood at around 9 a.m. when the screen suddenly gave out and he fell, they said.
But by sheer luck, the screen reached the enclosed brick courtyard below first and got wedged into the ground at an odd angle, the boy’s family said.
Nazar then fell 20 feet onto the screen, which acted like a spring, cushioning his frightening fall and bouncing him off, according to relatives.
“He bounced off like a trampoline,” a relieved relative said.
Nazar’s family told The Post the child walked away from the terrifying fall nearly unscathed.
Still, he was taken less than a block away to Kings County Hospital to be checked for possible fractures, they said.
“He was banged up, but he will be OK, thank God,” said his grandfather, Wayne Hinds. “He’ll certainly never lean on the window again.”
The incident came fewer than two months after a 3-year-old boy tumbled from the first-floor window of a Brooklyn brownstone on Sixth Avenue in Prospect Heights and escaped injury.
A teenage girl was credited with saving the life of another tot in Brooklyn a month earlier.
The 2-year-old girl had plummeted from a third-floor window in Sunset Park, and Ashley Giron, 18, sprang into action when she saw the child lying on the ground not breathing. She gave the child CPR until she started breathing again.
The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Last-Supper-Picture-Boy-Falls-Out-Window-338507882.html
Divine Intervention? Falling Philadelphia Boy, 3, Lands on Framed 'The Last Supper,' Walks Away
By Dan Stamm
Published 3 hours ago
The framed picture of "The Last Supper" that apparently saved a toddler in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015.
Divine intervention may have saved a boy who fell two stories and walked away in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
Dionna Praylow was getting 3-year-old son Reginald ready for his evening bath Wednesday inside their Dickinson Street row home. She left the boy for a moment to grab his pajamas and when Praylow returned, Reginald was gone.
Praylow said she ran frantically downstairs and as she got to the door, her son, naked, was limping back into the home, crying but unscathed aside from a bruise to his arm.
When the boy's family went outside to see where he had fallen, they discovered Reginald had landed on his grandmother's framed picture of Jesus at "The Last Supper" that was sitting outside their Point Breeze home.
Philadelphia Police Special Victims Unit investigators looked into the fall since it involved a young child. They said it appeared the boy stood up while in the bathroom and leaned on the windowsill before accidentally pushing out the plexiglass window, falling into the backyard. The boy fell onto a framed picture, police said.
Medics took the boy to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where doctors checked him out and released him, said police.
Reginald was no worse for wear Thursday.
"He's acting normal, running around," Praylow said Thursday.
The family didn't know why the picture was outside, but Praylow said the family has since moved the picture that apparently saved her son to their family room.
Divine Intervention? Falling Philadelphia Boy, 3, Lands on Framed 'The Last Supper,' Walks Away
By Dan Stamm
Published 3 hours ago
The framed picture of "The Last Supper" that apparently saved a toddler in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015.
Divine intervention may have saved a boy who fell two stories and walked away in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
Dionna Praylow was getting 3-year-old son Reginald ready for his evening bath Wednesday inside their Dickinson Street row home. She left the boy for a moment to grab his pajamas and when Praylow returned, Reginald was gone.
Praylow said she ran frantically downstairs and as she got to the door, her son, naked, was limping back into the home, crying but unscathed aside from a bruise to his arm.
When the boy's family went outside to see where he had fallen, they discovered Reginald had landed on his grandmother's framed picture of Jesus at "The Last Supper" that was sitting outside their Point Breeze home.
Philadelphia Police Special Victims Unit investigators looked into the fall since it involved a young child. They said it appeared the boy stood up while in the bathroom and leaned on the windowsill before accidentally pushing out the plexiglass window, falling into the backyard. The boy fell onto a framed picture, police said.
Medics took the boy to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where doctors checked him out and released him, said police.
Reginald was no worse for wear Thursday.
"He's acting normal, running around," Praylow said Thursday.
The family didn't know why the picture was outside, but Praylow said the family has since moved the picture that apparently saved her son to their family room.
voiceofreason
Senior News Editor since 2011
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/11/21/bronx-boy-falls-from-window-recovering/
2-Year-Old Boy Released From Hospital After Falling Out Bronx Window
November 21, 2015 11:46 PM
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A 2-year-old boy who fell out of a third floor window is now back home recovering.
Damir Holmes-Carter leaned on a window screen Wednesday and tumbled out of the window of his family’s home in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx.
“There’s a screen that was just not sturdy enough to be in the window,” Raelene Holmes-Andrews, the child’s aunt, said. “So his mother stepped out to go to the bathroom and came back heard a loud thudin backyard and he was just laying there.”
2-Year-Old Boy Released From Hospital After Falling Out Bronx Window
November 21, 2015 11:46 PM
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A 2-year-old boy who fell out of a third floor window is now back home recovering.
Damir Holmes-Carter leaned on a window screen Wednesday and tumbled out of the window of his family’s home in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx.
“There’s a screen that was just not sturdy enough to be in the window,” Raelene Holmes-Andrews, the child’s aunt, said. “So his mother stepped out to go to the bathroom and came back heard a loud thud
in backyard and he was just laying there.”
voiceofreason
Senior News Editor since 2011
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/11...lding-where-boy-fell-from-sixth-floor-window/
2 Investigators: Feds Pump Millions Into Building Where Boy Fell From Sixth-Floor Window
November 23, 2015
(CBS) — A young boy fell out of a sixth-floor window and survived.
CBS 2’s Dave Savini exposes code violations at the residential complex where he lived, which received millions of government dollars for rehabilitation and repair.
Four-year-old Kenneth Wells was critically injured in June. His legs, pelvis and spine were crushed. It was a terrifying scene for his mother, Markita Wells, who recalls blood running from the boy’s nose.
Leading to the devastating fall were these factors: a protruding outlet the child was able to step on and a window that opened wide.
The family lives in Parkway Gardens, where First Lady Michelle Obama lived as a child. According to HUD, a company called Related Midwest bought the complex in 2011, and received nearly $10 million in federal tax credits and $65 million in tax-exempt bond revenue, not to mention the millions they get annually in rent checks from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
2 Investigators: Feds Pump Millions Into Building Where Boy Fell From Sixth-Floor Window
November 23, 2015
(CBS) — A young boy fell out of a sixth-floor window and survived.
CBS 2’s Dave Savini exposes code violations at the residential complex where he lived, which received millions of government dollars for rehabilitation and repair.
Four-year-old Kenneth Wells was critically injured in June. His legs, pelvis and spine were crushed. It was a terrifying scene for his mother, Markita Wells, who recalls blood running from the boy’s nose.
Leading to the devastating fall were these factors: a protruding outlet the child was able to step on and a window that opened wide.
The family lives in Parkway Gardens, where First Lady Michelle Obama lived as a child. According to HUD, a company called Related Midwest bought the complex in 2011, and received nearly $10 million in federal tax credits and $65 million in tax-exempt bond revenue, not to mention the millions they get annually in rent checks from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...-fall-from-second-floor-window-in-germantown/
3-Year-Old Girl Injured In Fall From Second Floor Window In Germantown
May 28, 2016 1:42 PM
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police say a 3-year-old girl was injured when she fell from a second floor window in Germantown.
It happened around 12:30 p.m. Saturday at a home in the 500 block of Manheim Street.
Police say the girl suffered an injury to the back of her head from the fall.
She was rushed to Saint Christopher’s Hospital in unknown condition.
3-Year-Old Girl Injured In Fall From Second Floor Window In Germantown
May 28, 2016 1:42 PM
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police say a 3-year-old girl was injured when she fell from a second floor window in Germantown.
It happened around 12:30 p.m. Saturday at a home in the 500 block of Manheim Street.
Police say the girl suffered an injury to the back of her head from the fall.
She was rushed to Saint Christopher’s Hospital in unknown condition.
The Bobster
Senior News Editor since 2004
Kikelets go splat.
http://nypost.com/2016/06/02/5-year-old-boy-falls-five-stories-to-his-death/
5-year-old boy falls five stories to his death
By Larry Celona and Frank Rosario
June 2, 2016 | 12:20am
Police officers stand on a balcony after a young boy fell to his death in Brooklyn. Photo: Robert Mecea
A 5-year-old boy was killed when he fell from a fifth-floor apartment balcony in Brooklyn Wednesday, cops said.
Meisels Shimon tumbled from a balcony of a building at 200 Wallabout St. in Williamsburg at about 9 p.m., according to police.
“I could see the young boy there on the floor,” said a witness, Josef Yavo. “It’s just very sad. So sad.”
An ambulance took Meisels to Brooklyn Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead.
After the tragedy, the block of Wallabout Street teemed with *Hasidic-community members paying their respects to the family.
It was not clear if any of the boy’s relatives were home when he tumbled.
A similar incident took place in 2014, when a 21-month-old boy died in a fall from a sixth-floor window in Crown Heights.
Theodore Levi Nemon tumbled three stories, to a third-floor balcony.
Emergency responders had to climb down from a fourth-floor balcony to reach him, but the effort was in vain.
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5-year-old boy falls five stories to his death
By Larry Celona and Frank Rosario
June 2, 2016 | 12:20am
Police officers stand on a balcony after a young boy fell to his death in Brooklyn. Photo: Robert Mecea
A 5-year-old boy was killed when he fell from a fifth-floor apartment balcony in Brooklyn Wednesday, cops said.
Meisels Shimon tumbled from a balcony of a building at 200 Wallabout St. in Williamsburg at about 9 p.m., according to police.
“I could see the young boy there on the floor,” said a witness, Josef Yavo. “It’s just very sad. So sad.”
An ambulance took Meisels to Brooklyn Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead.
After the tragedy, the block of Wallabout Street teemed with *Hasidic-community members paying their respects to the family.
It was not clear if any of the boy’s relatives were home when he tumbled.
A similar incident took place in 2014, when a 21-month-old boy died in a fall from a sixth-floor window in Crown Heights.
Theodore Levi Nemon tumbled three stories, to a third-floor balcony.
Emergency responders had to climb down from a fourth-floor balcony to reach him, but the effort was in vain.